"But what about the Soviets? What can we possibly do in thirteen days?"
"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it."
"Or find it washed out."
"Maybe. But for now we've got to deal with Hayes. 'Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.'"
Stone thought for a moment. "Who said that, Jordan?"
"Jesus Christ."
"I didn't know you were a believer."
"I'm not."
The three summoned in Press Secretary Miller, who could no longer be fed bits and pieces of the truth. Robert Weiss, Stone's other top adviser (and firmly in General Hayes' camp) continued to demand to see the President. Bacon continued to deny the request.
The message was sent to Hayes, who now made no secret of his whereabouts: ten days from the limits of Soviet Space. Unreachable by stealth, yet tantalizingly close.