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You take a few deep breaths and then, bent double, you run in a crouch and stop quickly underneath the window. You can see that the window is slightly open and you can just about hear what is going on inside. The woman leaves the room and returns with what is obviously a photograph which she shows to the man at the end of the table and he asks her who it is.

It is Riskov Poliev, you must meet him aboard the 3-15 pm island ferry. He will be sitting upstairs and will be wearing a red rose on his left lapel."

"He's an ugly fellow isn't he?" the man quips."

"Maybe!" the woman snaps "but he's a very important, ugly man, and you must meet him."

Turn to (328).