You go around town, tying up all the loose ends

Cancel the papers. Close your PO box. Donation of records and clothes to the goodwill. Few boxes of old novels to the local library. Bag of rice in the tank of Sigall Hasterson's car. Few cups of coffee and a plate of scrambled eggs with bacon at the local diner. Visit to the bank to make sure your accounts are in order. Visit to the state-appointed psychatrist to get your booklet stamped. Le Carré's "A Perfect Spy" for reading on the trip. Bag of gummy bears. Pair of sunglasses. China buffet fortune cookie.

All those little things that one needs to do before they skip town on assignment.


  1. Your mission plan is set, your schedule is in motion
  2. You spend the remaining few days making sure you're not being spied on
  3. You get an odd phone call the day before you planned to depart