"I want to talk about that in a moment," Ramirez said. "But go on."
"In that circumstance, I presumed that General Rawson would have made provision for the safe transport of both Outline Blue and the money."
"Are you familiar, Pedro, with anything like that?"
"No, Se¤or."
Ramirez looked at Mart¡n and shrugged.
"When Se¤or Frade gave me Outline Blue, mi General, I did the only thing I could think of at the time. I brought Outline Blue here, and I left the money in the safe. By now General Rawson has learned that I have Outline Blue and that the money is in the safe."
"They're at Se¤ora Carzino-Cormano's estancia. Did you go there?"
"No, Se¤or. But I sent word to General Rawson."
"How?"
"One of the pilots at Estancia San Pedro y San Pablo is a retired officer. I saw him just before I took off to come back to Buenos Aires."
"A retired officer who works for you, you mean?"
Mart¡n didn't reply to that question.
"I now suggest, mi General-presuming you agree with my suggestion that the money should be entrusted to G.O.U. officers?"
Ramirez nodded. Mart¡n went on: "I suggest that late tonight, or very early in the morning, we send the officers I mentioned to Estancia Santo Catalina with instructions to report to General Rawson. When I left Se¤or Frade, I sug-gested that he give the money to either General Rawson or his aide, Capitan Lauffer, if either should ask for it. Both General Rawson and Coronel Per¢n are more familiar with Estancia San Pedro y San Pablo than I am; and they will be there in any event for the memorial service."
"Leave the method up to them, right?"
"S¡, Se¤or."
"Very shortly, Major Querro and I will pay a surprise visit to the First Reg-iment of Cavalry at Campo de Mayo," Ramirez said, "where I will have a dis-creet word with several officers of my acquaintance. They will be at Estancia Santo Catalina first thing in the morning, in the manner you propose, in other words, accompanied by armed and trustworthy personnel, and will report to General Rawson for specific orders."
"S¡, Se¤or."
"General Rawson will give them specific instructions about how to carry out their mission, and, in one way or another, they will go to Estancia San Pe-dro y San Pablo and take charge of the funds in question."
"S¡, Se¤or."
"There is one potential problem area in this outline, Coronel. Do you know what it is?"
"I don't think I understand, mi General," Mart¡n said.
"It all depends on your faith in Frade. How do we know that he will turn the money over to us tomorrow? That he will not, for example, change his mind tonight? For that matter, remove the money from the safe tonight?"
"We have no way of knowing that for sure, mi General."
"I can go down there and get it myself, mi General, and be back by ten tonight," Major Querro offered again.
Ramirez ignored him completely.
"Tell me why you believe that Frade will not change his mind, Coronel."
"In my business, mi General, it is sometimes necessary to trust your intu-ition," Mart¡n said.
"In the Infantry, we use our intuition based on the facts we have," Ramirez said. "I'm curious about Frade's motives. Why did he turn it over to you? For all he knew, you could be working for Castillo. What did he want in return?"
"I believe his primary motivation was that he saw his father's signature on the Purpose Page of Outline Blue, mi General."