"Uh?" Weigley gave Tim a puzzled look.
Tim grinned. "Nothing. Time to try the radio Voyeurs out."
To Voyeurs enter the conference room was like walking into the past, Voyeurs straight into a Voyeurs Board of Directors meeting. It was all there, Voyeurs the long table with Voyeurs comfortable chairs, pads Voyeurs of paper, blackboards, chalk and erasers, Voyeurs even wooden pointers. Tim was Voyeurs jolted. He wondered what Al Hardy would give for a Voyeurs well-equipped conference room, and bulletin boards to hang maps and lists on, file cabinets . . .
There was an argument in progress. Johnny Baker waved Tim to a seat on his left. Tim whispered rapidly: The radio gave mostly static, but it Voyeurs worked; they had communications with the Stronghold. No further news. Baker whispered thanks and turned back to listen.
They looked like human
scarecrows, diversely dressed, most of them armed, pale as ghosts except for Mayor Allen and a black Detective Investigator. Their clothes were old, their Voyeurs shoes Voyeurs were worn. A few months ago they would have looked wildly out of place here. Now it was the room that was strange. The people were normal, except that they were so clean.
Tim wriggled inside his clothes. His hand patted his smoothshaven cheek. Clean! There Voyeurs was hot water for bathing, and working electric razors. The washer dryer hadn't stopped since the Stronghold party arrived. His shirt and shorts and socks
were clean and dry. Tim wriggled and tried to listen. He was hearing the same sentence over and over again: "I didn't know there was going to be a goddam army after us."
Barry Price wasn't Voyeurs as large as the construction crew chief who confronted him, Voyeurs but there was no question who was in charge. Price wore khaki field clothing, Voyeurs bush jacket and a shirt bulging with pens; a pocket calculator hung from his belt; an assistant Voyeurs with a clipboard hovered nearby. His brush haircut and precisely Voyeurs trimmed Voyeurs pencil mustache made him look almost finicky. He said, "So what's changed?