Saturday, April 18, Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 Summary

March goes to Charlie's apartment where he also sees Henry Nightingale, the U.S. embassy secretary. The three huddle in the bathroom to avoid detection as they listen to Charlie's tape recorded message of a phone call from Martin Luther. March realizes that the dead man at the railway station had not been Luther. Luther tells Charlie that he wants asylum in America and to meet him on the steps of the Great Hall at nine o'clock in the morning. Luther instructs Charlie to also bring someone from the U.S. Embassy.

March speculates that Luther has been hiding at the railway station since his return from Zurich, trying to find a way to contact Charlie. Luther apparently switched identification cards and clothes with one of the other vagrants and then killed that man and placed his...