

Perhaps it would have been better had The Shadow let the wooden egg fall to the floor. It made him think of the coming situation: a game within a game. It won't take us long to sell our idea to Big Chin Face. Castenago wants to have a session with us first, and let his regular stooges wait. "Treban says we'll have an hour before the council meeting. As soon as the waiter had hurried away, The Shadow said to Margo: Margo had finished her first course, and the next was waiting, so Allard told the waiter to serve it and bring the rest along. In fact, The Shadow didn't have the slightest bother, until he reached the palace itself. This evening, the gatomontes were watching the streets, to make sure that a certain car coming from the casino was neither followed nor intercepted while the plazas were deserted because there was no fiesta.

I found those fellows, and they're going to the presidential palace. After that, if anyone asks you, just say that I'm still around.
