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Show 145 Where do you think it came from? The Quartermaster?" She laughed shortly. "Cdrtainly not. From uis. From the Japanes®." Her eyes swept briefly toward the window. "From Shimomura. The railing, the wood, even the chandeliers." And she turned her eyes away, as if attempting to control hsr anger. Startled, Sid spoke up. "How do you know?" "Everybody knows - all the Japanese. Only the Americans do not - too many of them are involved in things as bad." Sid felt a touch of anger. "That may be, or may not. How do you know?" Challenged, she faced him. "Tomo told my brother. Drinking while Mother was gone, and I overheard." "What did you hear?" "Just that. Tomo was tha 'agent,' he made the arrangements. Not that they were easy: Shimomura's manager was angry: Americans must not enter the dockyard, he said. Then Tomo laughed: is h& American? He is Japanese; all he wants is a rail. Why, the manager asks, does he want |