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were easier to spot than individuals.
"In Rome, you change identities," Winslade went on. He handed across two files
in red binders. "When you arrive, contact the American Consulate. Somebody
there will give you instructions for exchanging your documents and belongings
for two new sets. The details are given in these files. Memorize them. They're
to be returned before you leave. Basically, you become
Niels Jorgensen from Denmark, and Benito Cassalla, an Italian. One of you is a
schoolteacher, the other an artist, and you share a common interest in
classical archaeology You've been spending the winter in Italy looking at
Roman architecture and ruins-you'll be given plenty of sketches and
photographs in Rome to substantiate that, and there'll be notes for you to
copy in your own hand --
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writing. You're returning to Denmark by train via Bologna, Verona, and Munich,
with a change to make at Berlin for Hamburg and the Danish frontier."
Winslade spread his hands. "But you never make your connection in Berlin. You
get off the train early, at Leipzig. It will be nighttime, and if you're
stopped at Leipzig station you can say that as foreigners you were confused by
the blackout and thought the train had reached Berlin.
Wait until the train is just about to leave to make sure you'll be left
stranded, which will be your reason for checking into a hotel for the night."
Winslade looked at Lindemann and raised his eyebrows in an invitation for him
to continue.
Lindemann cleared his throat. "I will introduce you to someone who'll be able
to fill you in on current details regarding hotel registration, police checks,
and so on," he began. "Now, for the next morning. Near the center of town is a
square known as the Rathausplatz. One of the streets leading into it is called
Kanzlerstrasse, a narrow, cobbled affair with a bierhaus on the corner, under
a clock. A short distance along Kanzlerstrasse, you'll find a shoemender's
with the name Hoffenzollen outside. You're to go in there and say that you've
come for the shoes that were being heeled for Fraulein Schultz. You should be
asked if she has recovered from her cold yet. You are to reply, 'Yes, she's
much better now. It's been such a dreadful winter."
'And follow instructions from there on," Winslade said. "You both know the
drill."
Ferracini and Cassidy glanced at each other, but neither of them had any
immediate questions. "What about the gear?" Gassidy asked, looking back at
Winslade.
"We've decided against air-dropping it," Winslade replied. "Instead, it's
being independently routed, in two containers again, each going a different
way. Each consignment will be enough to do the job."
"Independently routed" was a trade euphemism. It meant that the equipment
would be transported separately by people who were considered more expendable
than the six Ampersand specialists. If a container fell into the wrong hands
and the people handling it were caught, they would know neither what its
contents were nor its ultimate destination; nor would they know that a second
container even existed. If both containers went astray, at least the team
would be preserved, with the option to try again later by some other means.
Assuming all went well, however, the Ampersand personnel would be able to
retrieve the containers once they had been brought to safe drop points by the
anonymous "other parties," as
Lindemann called them, and after at least one of the Ampersand pairs had found
its contact. But as a further precaution, until both conditions were satisfied
the containers would not be retrievable.
The whereabouts of a container would be represented by a standard six-figure
map reference, of the kind that Ferracini and Cassidy were already familiar
with, Lindemann explained.
After safely depositing their container, the other parties involved would
place different small ads in two of the local papers. To anybody who knew how
to decipher them, each ad would provide one half of the map reference. The
Ampersand people would know which ad to look for in one paper;
their local contact would know which ad to look for in the other paper. Thus,
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