"Sorry, I'm color-blind in that range.  Keep quiet.  He might have believed that his phone was tapped but his statprinter was not.  Or he might have suspected that both were tapped - and I've no doubt they are, by now, if not then - and that he could use this round-about relay to convince whoever was tapping him that he really was away from Washington and would not be back for several days." Jubal frowned. "In the latter case we would be doing him no favor by finding him.  We might be endangering his life."