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He has just left an early breakfast meeting--very early--with three
men he s never met before. He s never heard of the men， in tact， and he
planned to blow offbreakthst until his partner told him he shou d go，
because the men are important and potendal/y useful. He trusts his
partner， who used to work for their agency. They are agents， all three of
the men at breakfast， but agents who made it very clear that they pre-
fer never to be called agents. He is already confusing and forgetting
their names even though ， ~
， the men s main purpose In coming to town，
they strongly suggested， was to meet him and tell him they would love
to be in business with him. That s the phrase these people always use:
\"We would love to be in business with you，\" said in a breathy， solemn，
confidential way that makes it sound profound and salacious. He is
walking up the Avenue of the Americas， just south of Forty-seventh
Street， now thinking ofahnost nothing but the morning sunlight pour-
ing over from the right， making the line of proud， gray， dumb， boxy
giants on the left--Snfith Barney， Time-Life， McGraw-Hill， News
Corporation--prettier than they desmwe to be.
A pair of mounted police walking past him， about to make the turn
auto Forty-seventh Street， snags his attention for an instant， the very-
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