Summary

Serena hadn’t heard from Tom directly, but she got a letter from a secretary at FI saying that he’d been by with a lot of questions. He seemed very impressed with the program. Everyone at MI5 was worried about tensions in the Middle East. A conflict in which the United States backed Israel and the Soviets lined up behind Egypt could be the precursor of nuclear war.

Serena was occupied with thoughts of Tom but also of Shirley. It had been weeks since she had left, and Serena’s anger at her was beginning to soften. Serena stopped by Shirley’s apartment, but she’d moved. Serena didn’t have her parents’ address so she found the address of her father’s shop and sent a post card there. She really didn’t expect a reply. Max had been away for a...