The board in the hall said CENT~I. LIAXSON OR-<br >C.ANIZATION， 3RD FLOOR. Charles Garden took the self-<br >service lift up， and stepped out into a waiti@ room with<br >C6zanne and Matisse reproductions on the walls. Be-<br >hind a desk sat a rather dowdy girl wearing large horn-<br >rimmed spectacles reading a book. She looked up from<br >it reluctantly and said， "Yes?"<br > "My name s Garden. An appointment with Mr. Lat-<br >tefley."<br > The girl picked up a telephone. "A Mr. Garden. Says<br >he has an appointment with G. L. Section Three." She<br >listened， then said without smiling， "Won t keep you a<br >moment. Take a seat， please."<br > Garden leaned ove~ the._desk. "The name s Garden，<br >not a Mr. Garden. And I have ~t an appointment，<br >there s no doubt about it."<br > She said without much interest， "We get all sorts here，<br >sometimes one name and then another. And your name，<br >I mean Garden， well." She did not think much of Gar-<br >den as a name， that was clear.<br > "What sort of liaison goes on here? I thought that<br >word went out with the war."<br > "We re hush-hush，" she said， and added generously，<br >"Especially Section Three."<br > "What s Section Three?"<br > She stared at him through the big horn rims.<br ><br >