Chapters 21-25 Summary

A motor launch pitches violently as it brings Webb/Bourne and d'Anjou toward the island. The Frenchman signals someone on shore. They bundle new clothing, a .22 pistol and knives, then set out in a skiff. A second blue flash provides a point at which to aim. As they beach, they encounter a uniformed Asian who claims not to be their contact, but their friend. He leads them into dense foliage and sets up a tarpaulin to conceal a small campfire. D'Anjou addresses him as "Gamma." Gamma observes Webb/Bourne is very "uptight" and offers him Scotch. Gamma is a University of Southern California graduate and an amoral double-, triple-, or even quadruple agent, interested only in his own pocket. Echo trusts him implicitly. For US$1,000, Gamma discloses that Echo's errant disciple is picking up well more than 30 pieces of silver. A...