I think I can put Bagman's name together with a couple of names I already have. If I can, we'll have just about all the pieces of the chain identified.
I hope your flight went smoothly. See you soon.
Dave
Clete read it, and then looked at Pelosi.
"I was going to Uruguay to look for him," Pelosi said. "But the Chief said he thought I'd better wait until you got back."
You ever hear about looking for a needle in a haystack, Tony?
Delgano suddenly made an imperious waving "come here" motion in the direction of the tree line behind a hangar. A gaucho stepped out of the trees and walked quickly toward them.
"Who's that?" Chief Schultz asked.
"I told both of you I didn't want Ettinger to leave the estancia," Clete said coldly.
Looking about as uncomfortable as Tony and the Chief, the gaucho ap-proached Delgano and almost came to attention.
"S¡, Se¤or?"
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bsp; "The norteamericano?"
"He left the estancia three nights ago, mi Capitan."
"We know that. Where is he?" Delgano demanded impatiently.
"He took the car ferry to Montevideo that same morning, mi Capitan."
"You had people on him all the way to the boat ferry?"
"S¡, Se¤or."
"And presumably the borders are being watched? We would know if he has returned?"
"S¡, Se¤or."
"Presumably, mi Mayor," Delgano said, "Sergeant Ettinger is in Montev-ideo. I did not have authority to send any of my men across the border."
"You tell me what you want me to do, Mr. Frade," the Chief said.
"I don't know what the hell to do," Clete said.
"I can be in Montevideo in the morning, if I leave now," the Chief said.
"We don't know where the hell he is in Montevideo," Clete said. "If he got that far before the Germans got to him."
"Clete, I'm sorry," Tony said.
"You goddamned well should be, Tony!"
Jumping on Tony's ass isn't going to do any good. The sonofabitch in this is Ettinger himself.
If he gets his throat cut, it's his own goddamn fault!
I don't mean that.