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He broke the connection and held the telephone in his hand for a full half minute.
"Vincent? Are you all right?"
Kellner expelled a breath and said in a quiet voice, "Quite all right, Charlotte." Then he spoke again into the telephone, in the voice of a man who has just made a hard decision: "Get me Charlton Fisk. If he's not in his office yet, get him at home or in his car."
They waited in anticipatory silence. Charlotte's eyes remained fixed on Kellner's drawn, bleak face. She realized that she was holding her breath and made an effort to relax. She'd need all her strength in the hours ahead.
Another minute passed and then Kellner said, "Charlton. Camilla Varig has not come in yet this morning. Find her, Charlie." A pause, and then in a voice that seemed to come from the grave, he said: "I would say the charges are breach of security. Espionage."
He replaced the handset in the compartment and closed the panel. "Let's go now, Charlotte. The President will be expecting us."

 
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