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"Your warm friendship is to be admired," said the gray-haired man.<br />

Giordino stared into the stranger's eyes. "Don't I know you from somewhere?"<br />

"Actually, you <strong>and</strong> I met twice."<br />

"When <strong>and</strong> where?"<br />

"No matter." The stranger waved a h<strong>and</strong> airily. "I wanted to stop up here <strong>and</strong> find you, Mr. Giordino,<br />

because I underst<strong>and</strong> you fancy a fine cigar now <strong>and</strong> then."<br />

"That I do."<br />

Reaching into his breast pocket, the stranger produced a pair of large cigars <strong>and</strong> h<strong>and</strong>ed them to<br />

Giordino. Then, <strong>with</strong> a curt nod, he exited the kitchen <strong>and</strong> moved down the stairs.<br />

Giordino studied the cigars, <strong>and</strong> his eyes widened as his mouth dropped open. "My God!" he<br />

muttered.<br />

"What is it?" asked Gunn. "You look like you've just seen the Virgin Mary."<br />

"The cigars," Giordino said vaguely. "They bear the same label as Admiral S<strong>and</strong>ecker's private stock.<br />

How the hell did he get them?"<br />

He rushed to the window <strong>and</strong> peered down onto the floor below. He just caught a glimpse of the<br />

gray-haired stranger as he reached the bottom of the staircase <strong>and</strong> melted into the crowd below.

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