Kit told them how three armed men had broken into Markowitz’s office-apartment. They’d swept the place, obviously disappointed at finding no one. Although one had wanted to leave the doss alone and use it as a trap, another had insisted that they take what they could, arguing that Markowitz and company had flown and wouldn’t be back. The third had agreed with the second. They took the telecom, the computers, the security system control box, and all the weapons, and went away. Kit had come to warn Markowitz rather than following the thieves.