Margaret Peabody is sitting at her desk, on the phone: "That's right,
Mr. Levenstein... Three o'clock tomorrow afternoon in Dean Watson's office.
Very good, we'll see you then."
She hangs up, checks Running Dog's name off the list in front of her,
and makes the next call. She gets an answering machine and whiles away the
twenty seconds it takes for the recorded message to run before, ever so
clearly and in a tone that would brook absolutely no objection or defiance,
she leaves her message: "Chief Dubois, this is Margaret Peabody in Dr.
Simpson's office. I'm calling in behalf of Dean Watson who hopes that you
can join her and several other interested parties for a meeting concerning
the Sayers Hall situation. The meeting is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon
at three o'clock and we are all counting on you being here. Thank you."
She hangs up, sighs in relief at having gotten through that one without
any debate, and then moves on to the next name on her list... "Hello,
Chief Francis, please... Dick? This is Margaret Peabody..."