Chapter 2
Jed had trouble getting to sleep that night. Many problems swarmed around in his head like restless hummingbees. When he finally drifted off to sleep, he slept heavily and long.
He awakened at noon, and lay in bed, half-groggy, for another hour before he got up. He drank some orange juice, made coffee. He would stay in the apartment today and work on the campaign for Ransom and Young.
He dressed in gray slacks and a black turtleneck sweater. The apartment was chilly. It was cold weather for April, with snow and icy rains. He thought fondly of the spring he had spent in Rome, sitting on the Spanish Steps in the sparkling sunlight, watching the coltish legs of young girls as they leaped past him down the steps.
Ah, those were the days. Spring, and sunshine, and sweet, saucy gir
