"Sainte Marie, Mere de Dieu. My youngest sister is working at the sorting table. Lucienne, go out and tell her that she is wanted in the kitchen.
"I dearly love Nico, but what kind of Agency would hire him?"
"I cannot reveal the details, but it is like the vintage American TV series I Spy. Seulement different," Jack explained. "Nico is our top cryptographer."
"We are in search of an American soldier who went Missing in Action in 1944 during The Battle of the Bulge." From his briefcase Nico withdrew the photograph of Ted Treharne.
The kitchen was suddenly silent. "Pourquoi? Why do you seek this soldier?"
"He is not in any trouble as far as we know, but in the course of another investigation, Jack and I discovered that possibly because of severe memory loss, he could be alive somewhere in France -- and not be aware that he inherited a hotel in San Francisco or that he fathered a son before he left for the European Front."
"Sainte Marie, Mere de Dieu. My youngest sister is working at the sorting table. Lucienne, go out and tell her that she is wanted in the kitchen.
"Nico and Jack, while we are waiting, try this bread that traditionally we buy in Reims"
