RADAR modèle 37 "Galène" - II

Moreau hadn't slept.

He stood in front of the long oak table in the briefing room below the Élysée.

A thin stack of copies sat before each chair.

His hand hovered over them for a second before setting the final copy down.

He checked his watch.

10:27.

Three minutes later, the door opened.

Paul Langevin entered first, tall, white-haired, walking with the same rigid posture he'd had since the Sorbonne.

Pierre Auger followed, younger, holding a notepad already covered in formulas.

Maurice Ponte came in adjusting his round spectacles, nodding without a word.

Then Jean Perrin, sharp-eyed, briefcase in hand, and finally Henri Chrétien, last as always.

Moreau waited until all were seated.

No aides.

No stenographer.

He closed the door himself.