Monsieur DuBois said it was an accident.
Sosnowski said he couldn't figure out how it happened that the Hanford
AGS reactivated itself--
And a new and properly British voice said, "This is Gibraltar. I say,
Miss Schoener is here. It was, I assure you, quite accidental. One of
your flyboys is here to pick up a cargo of potables for your North
African bases and mistook the AGS button for an intercom and--"
"This is Sosnowski. I'm sorry but--"
And an interpreter cut in, "Commissar Vladislaw indicates that he
will allow Miss Schoener to return if monitoring of the Soviet AGS
installations will be permanently discontinued--"
"Gibraltar here. I'm rather afraid your pilot is somewhat out of hand--"
"_Mein liebling, kannst Du nicht langer hier bleiben?_"
"_Ma chere, reste avec moi et je te donnerai le monde!_"
"Elaine," I cried, "wherever you are, answer me!"