The change arrived while Mira was fastening her coat.
Her lawyer called rather than forwarding the intermediary’s message alone. The records could be inspected only in an archive room at the rear of the registered building. No personal copying device would be admitted. A secure place would be provided for one, and the intermediary hoped this small administrative clarification would cause no inconvenience.
Mira took her hand off the fastening.
“Is it the same address?”
“The same building, according to the amended plan. A different room.”
“According to whom?”
“The intermediary. I have asked reception to confirm the room designation independently.”
Mira moved to the table. The coat remained half closed, pulling at her shoulder as she bent over yesterday’s appointment sheet. The plan showed a meeting room near reception. It showed storage and a corridor farther back. The rear archive was beyond both.


