Their luggage had been removed for the journey to the airport, but Betty walked around the rooms looking at the knickknacks and souvenirs she had collected over her years in the U. S.
“Why don’t you take a few with you?” Davis asked.
“They aren’t that important to me,” she said. “They only remind me of how long it has been since I left Russia, and how much I’m looking forward to returning.”
“None of them remind you of something good?” he asked.
“A couple,” she said, “but taking even one of them now might cause suspicion if its absence was noted.”
Nancy and Carol entered the living room from their adjoining rooms, and both seemed a bit pensive.
“You two don’t seem excited about the prospect of bringing this operation to a successful conclusion,” Betty said. “In less than a week, we’ll
