A few minutes later, the woman entered the room pushing a small trolley with cheeses, crackers, and numerous other snacks on top. She rolled it to Guilherme’s side then quietly left the room again. As Guilherme fussed over the trolley, Bruno rose to his feet. “We must treat this with the seriousness that it deserves, gentlemen,” he declared. “Linus, please accept my apologies for the length of time that it took to acquaint you with all this. We wanted to be certain that when we finally proceed with this, nothing is forgotten or left behind.” Linus instantly nodded. “Apologies accepted, of course. I must say, though, that I was not expecting this! I had anticipated that I would be turned down again; the International Criminal Court was something of a wild shot in the dark as opposed to some
