“Keep your voice down. I’m not used to conspiracies like you are.”
“I’m the one who should be frightened. I’m half your age and therefore by my calculation risk twice as long in prison. I’ve lived this long because I stuff a rabbit's foot in my pocket whenever I go out? Believe me, I know when someone’s following. Your Gennadi’s had years of experience. Relax. We’re out for an after-dinner Saturday stroll. A Frenchman and a Russian, each strengthening a centuries-old friendship between two great powers.”
Boucher eyed him sideways. Their rendezvous had unexpectedly turned into a Stolichnaya evening. Gennadi had gotten too boisterous at dinner for him to reveal the summons without provoking a scene. Was now any safer? “You’ve too much confidence. We aren’t in your Moscow where you know you
