{"product_id":"2940013415690","title":"IN SECRET","description":"IN SECRET\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCUP AND LIP\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe case in question concerned a letter in a yellow envelope, which\u003cbr\u003ewas dumped along with other incoming mail upon one of the many long\u003cbr\u003etables where hundreds of women and scores of men sat opening and\u003cbr\u003ereading thousands of letters for the Bureau of P. C.--whatever that\u003cbr\u003emay mean.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn due course of routine a girl picked up and slit open the yellow\u003cbr\u003eenvelope, studied the enclosed letter for a few moments, returned it\u003cbr\u003eto its envelope, wrote a few words on a slip of paper, attached the\u003cbr\u003eslip to the yellow envelope, and passed it along to the D. A.\u003cbr\u003eC.--whoever he or she may be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe D. A. C., in course of time, opened this letter for the second\u003cbr\u003etime, inspected it, returned it to the envelope, added a memorandum,\u003cbr\u003eand sent it on up to the A. C.--whatever A. C. may signify.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeated at his desk, the A. C. perused the memoranda, glanced over\u003cbr\u003ethe letter and the attached memoranda, added his terse comment to\u003cbr\u003ethe other slips, pinned them to the envelope, and routed it through\u003cbr\u003ecertain channels which ultimately carried the letter into a room\u003cbr\u003ewhere six silent and preoccupied people sat busy at six separate\u003cbr\u003etables.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFate had taken charge of that yellow envelope from the moment it was\u003cbr\u003emailed in Mexico; Chance now laid it on a yellow oak table before a\u003cbr\u003eyellow-haired girl; Destiny squinted over her shoulder as she drew\u003cbr\u003ethe letter from its triply violated envelope and spread it out on\u003cbr\u003ethe table before her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA rich, warm flush mounted to her cheeks as she examined the\u003cbr\u003edocument. Her chance to distinguish herself had arrived at last. She\u003cbr\u003edivined it instantly. She did not doubt it. She was a remarkable\u003cbr\u003egirl.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe room remained very still. The five other cipher experts of the\u003cbr\u003eP. I. Service were huddled over their tables, pencil in hand,\u003cbr\u003eabsorbed in their several ungodly complications and laborious\u003cbr\u003ecalculations. But they possessed no Rosetta Stone to aid them in\u003cbr\u003edeciphering hieroglyphics; toad-like, they carried the precious\u003cbr\u003estone in their heads, M. D.!","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082701717744,"sku":"2940013415690","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013415690_p0.jpg?v=1763581034","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013415690","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}