"We"ve only been together for a day," Gabriel said. "We can"t have a plan."
"I"m not sure I believe what you say," Shamron said cautiously. “Of course you can"t think of going back to Venice. Have you forgotten that you have a responsibility to the Task Force?”
"No, I haven"t forgotten."
“By the way, you will be officially appointed upon your return from Washington.”
"I"m counting the hours."
Shamron looked around the apartment. “Have you confessed to Chiara that you gave all her belongings to someone else?”
"She knows I"ve changed a few places to suit the drawing room."
"She"s not happy," Shamron said. "I would pay any price to see her face when I walk in here and notice the change in the room."
Shamron stayed an hour longer to ask Gabriel the details of the attack in the Vatican.
