8 him secure the job a few more years until he could retire with the lucrative⁹ pension. God knows he needs the pension， Collet thought. Fache's zeal¹⁰ for technology had hurt him both professionally and personally. Fache was rumored¹¹ to have invested his entire savings¹² in the technology craze a few years back and lost his shirt. And Fache is a man who wears only the finest shirts.
    Tonight， there was still plenty of time. Sophie Neveu's odd interruption， though unfortunate，had been only a minor¹³ wrinkle. She was gone now， and Fache still had cards to play. He had yet to inform Langdon that his name had been scrawled¹⁴ on the floor by the victim. P.S. Find Robert Langdon. The American's reaction to that little bit of evidence would be telling indeed.
    "Captain？" one of the DCPJ agents now called from across the office. "I think you better take this call." He was holding out a telephone receiver， looking concerned.
    "Who is it？" Fache said.
    The agent frowned. "It's the director of our Cryptology Department."
    "And？"
    "It's about Sophie Neveu， sir. Something is not quite right."

"兰登在哪里？"法希吐掉最后一口烟回到指挥部时问道。

"还在男洗手间，长官。"科莱中尉已料到他会问这个问题。

法希咕哝道："看得出，他在磨时间。"

局长从科莱肩头上方观察那个卫星定位点。科莱几乎能听到车轮已经转了起来。法希努力克制住自己，不去检查兰登。最理想的是，观察的对象被给予最充足的时间和自由，以便引诱他获得一种虚假的安全感。兰登得自愿回来。然而，差不多有十分钟了。

太长了。

"兰登有可能觉察到我们了吗？"法希问。

科莱摇头说："我们还可以看到男卫生间里有些小的移动，所以卫星定位跟踪器显然还在他身上。或许他感到不舒服？如果他发现了跟踪器，他会扔掉它，试图逃跑的。"法希看了一下表说："很好。"

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