Summary

In Section 1 of “Old Pals,” Hodges waits for Oliver Madden’s plane to arrive. He checks in with Holly Gibney who tells him Barbara Robinson had called for him and that she seemed worried. Hodges hopes Barbara is not in trouble. She was with him, Holly, and Jerome when they almost got blown up in the MAC when Brady Hartsfield tried to detonate a bomb there. Jerome, Barbara’s brother, is away at college. Hodges plans to ask about him when he talks to Barbara.

In Section 2, Morris has trouble recognizing the world into which he has been released. In order to be able to get back to get the notebooks, Morris is following carefully the rules of his parole. He is hoping eventually his parole officer will relax. Duck had told him if he wanted to do anything questionable, he...