"Listen, compañeros. I saw the Arriba man take that picture. I was standing a hundred feet away. It was in the spring or summer of 1938," Hall said. "I know you have the complete file of Arriba here."
"No, Mateo. We do not."
The blood left Hall's head. "You don't?" he said. "But when I was here we ..."
"It is the complete file of Arriba of Madrid since April of 1939, Mateo. Since Franco entered Madrid, amigo."
"And before that?"
"There are some, but not a complete file. They have many fascist papers at Ahora, and at the University there is Dr. Nazario with his personal collection of fascist publications. It is very large, and it goes back to 1935 in some cases, but it has many empty places."
"And the Secret Police? What has Colonel Lobo got?"
"Dossiers and documents. But papers—who knows?"
"I'll be back in Madrid in a month," Rafael said. "I can go back sooner if it will help the cause, Mateo. There is surely a complete file there."
"No, thank you, Rafael, but I need the picture in a few hours." He told them why the pictures were needed, and how they would be used if he could find them.