Then I detoured to the clothing store and hunted around at the khaki end of the color spectrum and the low end of the price list, and I picked out underwear and socks, and pants, and a shirt, and a jacket that might have been intended for golf in the rain. I didn’t find any shoes better than the pair I had on. As always I changed in the cubicle and left my old stuff in the trash. As always Casey Nice was interested in the process. She said, “I heard about this at the briefing, but I wasn’t sure whether to believe it.” I said, “You had a briefing about me?” “General O’Day calls you Sherlock
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