"I am calling to verify Nico's account of MacGillivray's visit to the studio workshop". Jack was in France, filling in as Fullback for his brother-in-law s soccer Amateur Club, and -- before her performance season started -- spending time with his ballet dancer wife, Giselle. Although not welcome on active missions, Nico, who was primarily a code breaker, was accurate in descriptive situations -- as long as his mind was not occupied elsewhere.

"Kendrik identified the Keith exhibition catalog as the book he gave Ted Treharne 48 years ago, Caydance replied. "This confirms the identity of the man who was probably the first occupant of the studio. Although not an established professional artist, in addition to his research, Ted Treharne was himself a painter. Kendrick found it surprising that none of Ted's paintings were in the studio -- with the exception of the gold-framed landscape painting that hangs on the wall. In Kendrick's opinion, although this painting is more mature than his early work, it has the hallmarks of a Treharne. But, Nico thinks that the painting depicts Utah Beach in Normandy several decades after D-Day."

"You will be interested to know", Jack responded "that through undisclosed channels, my Agency has learned that in December of 1944, Captain Theodore Sinclair Treharne was listed Missing in Action during the Battle of the Bulge."