]In the swirling fog around Borgo Pass, a coachman waits for the arrival of the dutiful English businessman on his important journey....Europe about o blow up and all I can get out of my foreign staff is a daily guessing game.I want some facts, Mr.Bradley!...Any kind of facts.There must be something going on in Europe beside a nervous breakdown." When Bradley offered to be sent to Europe, Powers rejected him because Bradley was an intellectual economist and not a hard-nosed reporter:I don""t want any more economists, sages, or oracles bombinating over our cables...And how large are your ranches?" Mr.Lynnton was compelled to answer for the modest, unboasting Mr.Benedict: "Mr.Benedict""s Reata is one of the largest of them all." Karfrey exclaimed his amazement, and kept pressing for a specific figure: "Oh, really! Well, just how large is that?"Bick eventually revealed Reata""s exact size: "Oh, it""s, it""s one of the biggest.His heart was filled with longing as he watched it drift off.Something must""ve told him that we""d never live these days of happiness again, that they were gone forever.Outside her door as she returned to work, Sally vowed repeatedly to herself: "I am not gonna get upset.