CHAPTER 96 - MISSILES ---- CAPÍTULO 96 - MISILES
The [1] Missile Crisis reached Villa Claire through the wireless. They had barely had the television set for a few days when the news began to gather momentum. First it was a rumour, then a confirmation, then that vertiginous escalation which turned the Hopkins' drawing room into a permanent listening post. The BBC on the wireless, its unmistakable voice imposing order on what seemed to have none. The GTV from the Rock added its own coverage, closer, more domestic, with Mascarenhas reading the communiqués with a composure that deceived nobody as to the gravity of what was unfolding. Kennedy had discovered that the Soviets were installing nuclear missiles in Cuba. Ninety miles from Florida. With sufficient range to reach Washington, New York, half of North America. John followed the news with the concentrated attention of a man accustomed to reading between the lines of what official communiqués leave unsaid. Andrew watched him as much as he listened to the wireless. Charlotte s...
