Chapter 2 Summary

John Denn works for the Continental Illinois Bank in Chicago. He is at the airport in Sioux Falls, South Dakota where the bank has a farm where important customers and business associate are entertained. Denn is a part of the public relations part of the bank's operations and is waiting for the arrival of a group of investment bankers who will go pheasant shooting at the farm. The list of arriving hunters are mostly military people, including Lowell, which surprises Denn.

Denn finds another man is waiting for the plane, Colonel Parker. When the plane arrives, the men drive out to meet it. General Hanrahan and Lieutenant Colonel Lowell ride with Colonel Parker; the rest ride with Denn. The men talk about the possible invasion of Cuba while dining at a local restaurant. The talk then turns to Lowell's cousin and his commission...