"Perfectly, Mr. Quayle."
Quayle said: "All right. Now get yourself a sheet of foolscap and a pencil. I want you to take a note."
She went to a desk in a corner of the room; opened a blotter. She said: "I'm ready."
"Take this down," said Quayle.
Dear Thelma,
What goes on? I imagine that either nothing does and you're trying to make something happen, or something's gone radically wrong. When you get this message you might answer these questions direct to the lady who'll give it to you:
1) Exactly who is Julian Isles? Why was it necessary that he should go to Dark Bahama for the purpose of bringing some unknown young woman back from there? I suppose she isn't by any chance working for one of my people, is she? If she isn't who is she and why should she be removed from the island?
2) I
