They still maintained a residence in town, an apartment suite. From the

caretaker of that he learned that Sophie spent most of her time with her

father, and that their coming and going was uncertain and unheralded.

The latter facts were purely incidental, save one. Tommy Ashe had that

morning cleared the Alert for a coastwise voyage.

Sam Carr and Sophie were up the coast. Tommy was up the coast. Thompson

sat for a time in deep study. Very well, then. He, too, would journey up

the coast. He had not come six thousand miles to loaf in a hotel lobby

and wear out shoe leather on concrete walks.




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