Chapters 13 through 17 Summary

Nick is in his car on St. Anne's Street, outside the real range of the President's motorcade. He forces himself to remain alert though he wishes to be part of the action such as the Secret Service patrol checking and rechecking the crowd waiting to see the President. At the same time, Bob is in the attic of a house on St. Anne's Street watching the church tower where he believes a sniper to be waiting for the correct moment to shoot the President. Also in the room are Payne and a New Orleans officer named Timmons. Just as Bob says he sees the sniper, the man named Payne - who has been introduced as the colonel's bodyguard - shoots Bob in the chest at point blank range. Bob falls and hears Timmons report that he's shot the assassin and calling...