One<br >Lights glittered below them and out across the myriad run-<br >ways where the big birds swooped gently down and other big<br >birds soared upward into the blue night. The truly excep-<br >tional one was waiting， looking like a vast bird of prey， its<br >tremendous beak ready to swoop across the dark Atlantic.<br >The windows in the dining room were large and offered a<br >wide view， but must have been soundproofed， for they heard<br >very little of the enormous engines coming and going. Small<br >white trucks skittered like bugs here and there， busily carry-<br >ing food. Fitz ordered a martini for each of them.<br > Sarah said slowly， "How long have you known about<br >this?"<br > Fitz leaned toward her. "Since I was told to take Bill s<br >place."<br > "You didn t tell me."<br > "I couldn t. Orders. Nothing over the phone. Nothing of<br >the reason for my going to Ligunia. But I had to see you. I<br >had to tell you."<br > "That s why you sounded--oh， so different when you<br >talked to me."<br >Q<br >Q<br ><br >