"They overlooked you?"
"I guess so."
"Then you don't know anything about it?"
"Nothing. Something terrible must have happened."
"Let's go down this way," Frank said, and they moved toward Madison Street. He had taken her arm and she did not pull away. Rather, she walked invitingly close to him.
She said, "It's so spooky. So ... empty. I guess that's what scared me."
"It would scare anybody. There must have been an evacuation of some kind."
"Maybe the Russians are going to drop a bomb."
Frank shook his head. "That wouldn't explain it. I mean, the Russians wouldn't let us know ahead of time. Besides, the army would be here. Everybody wouldn't be gone."
"There's been a lot of talk about germ warfare. Do you suppose the water, maybe, has been poisoned?"