Chapter 7 (pages 103-121) Summary

In his scramble suit, Fred meets with Hank. Hank explains that surveillance equipment has been placed in Bob Arctor's house. He says that every few days Fred should go to an apartment down the street to review the tapes. The department has recently taken possession of the apartment after arresting its inhabitants for drug possession.

Hank says that he knows Fred must be Jim Barris, Ernie Luckman, Charles Freck, Donna Hawthorne, or Bob Arctor. Fred will have to service the scanners in Arctor's house on occasion, and after he does so, he will need to edit himself out of the tapes so that his identity remains unknown. Hank says that the department is looking forward to commandeering Arctor's house and using it as a police center once Fred has collected enough material on Arctor for a conviction.

Following his...