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"Yes," said the Count, "it will be a double opportunity."

"Iggy doesn't want another loan," said the Countess. "He just wants you to make an investment."

Matson knew he was trapped, yet he continued to struggle. "We'll discuss it tomorrow. I'm tired. They keep unloading pacifists on me. It's disheartening." He could always distract his wife with Department shop talk.

"Pacifists!" she exclaimed.

"Yes, pacifists." He told them about Jeff Baker, and how he had tried, unsuccessfully, to keep this dreamer out of the Department, and then out of Europe, and finally out of his own Division.

"Sometimes," said the Count, "it is apparent this government is crazy--insane. How this country ever became the leader among the nations is to me utterly incredible."

"And if he goes to Budapest he will work on the Atlantis Project?" said Anya.

"He might." Anya was still beautiful, and an imaginative and popular hostess, and she had been a great help to him in his career, but sometimes he wished she would not speak so carelessly of secret matters.