Expense was no object to a squadman, now in plainclothes, who believed in the disguises of plastic surgery. Freshly equipped with mongoloid features, he took a job in Monarch Utilities’ Accounting-city and attempted to unearth Reich’s financial relations with Graham, the appraiser. It never occurred to him that his intent had been peeped by Monarch’s Esper Personnel Chief, reported upstairs, and that upstairs was quietly chuckling.