First we heard a rumor from an Ecuadorian fishing schooner. It was corroborated by a Norwegian skiff, which was touring the islands looking for possible fishery grounds. Governor Puente stopped by the islands (we hadn’t seen him in a year—governorships were simultaneously a reward and a punishmen...
The driver went across the park and then up Riverside, but the street was blocked off for some reason and he had to go around all the way to Columbus and then back over. Elm tried to call Colette—she had brought Klinman to Elm’s attention, maybe she knew something about this—but there was no answ...