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chapter one<br >Into the Trap<br >THE HOUSE IN CUERNAVACA, A LANGUID AND FRAGRANT COMMUNITY<br >sixty miles southwest of Mexico City, was known as the Villa of<br >Roses. Since the death of its owner, an architect, four years before, it<br >had remained unoccupied, its rooms stripped and shuttered and col-<br >lecting must, its grounds overgrown. But the scale of the house was<br >ample, and the promise of the gardens substantial. There were many<br >flower beds and terraces, and there was a swimming pool as well. Most<br >impressive of all was the location. The Villa of Roses stood at the end<br >of a cul-de-sac, and backed onto a river. For good measure, it was<br >enclosed by a high wall. No stranger could come near the villa without<br >being observed. To Robert Armao, the isolation of the villa was the<br >all-important factor, and he rented it on sight. He knew it was far<br >from perfect, but these days everything was relative.<br > Before the day was over, Armao, a tall, slender, dark-haired man in<br >his early thirties with a brisk manner and a tendency to speak in<br >bursts, had recruited two dozen strangers-most of them Americans<br >from the city s sizable colony of expatriates-and, with their help,<br >collected the beds and bedding and kitchen utensils he would need for<br >his client and the client s family. Some of the strangers loaned furni-<br >ture they were using themselves. One dotted the house with antiques.<br >Another gave up his own desk. A third even loaned her servants. In<br >two days, the house was ready for occupancy, and Armao signaled his<br >client to come along.,,.<br > Armao s client was the Shah of/_ran. Since early January, when the<br >INTO<br >Shah<br >witho<br >pect<br >call, 1<br >to se~<br >presu<br > Ar<br >tions<br >was 1<br >serve<br >prent<br >New<br >imity<br >lems<br >leade<br >Rock<br >leade<br >form,<br >Shah:<br >work<br >const<br >befor<br >telepl<br >break<br >Shah <br > Ea<br >receb<br >and tl<br >princ<br >had s<br >Arm~<br >peopl<br >counl<br >tense<br >volviJ<br >in Pa<br >tainir<br >meir~<br >foe o<br ><br >
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America held hostage pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024