The board in the hall said CENT~I. LIAXSON OR-
C.ANIZATION， 3RD FLOOR. Charles Garden took the self-
service lift up， and stepped out into a waiti@ room with
C6zanne and Matisse reproductions on the walls. Be-
hind a desk sat a rather dowdy girl wearing large horn-
rimmed spectacles reading a book. She looked up from
it reluctantly and said， \"Yes?\"
\"My name s Garden. An appointment with Mr. Lat-
tefley.\"
The girl picked up a telephone. \"A Mr. Garden. Says
he has an appointment with G. L. Section Three.\" She
listened， then said without smiling， \"Won t keep you a
moment. Take a seat， please.\"
Garden leaned ove~ the._desk. \"The name s Garden，
not a Mr. Garden. And I have ~t an appointment，
there s no doubt about it.\"
She said without much interest， \"We get all sorts here，
sometimes one name and then another. And your name，
I mean Garden， well.\" She did not think much of Gar-
den as a name， that was clear.
\"What sort of liaison goes on here? I thought that
word went out with the war.\"
\"We re hush-hush，\" she said， and added generously，
\"Especially Section Three.\"
\"What s Section Three?\"
She stared at him through the big horn rims.
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