Some surmised that this portended a dire emergency, others that new and untapped sources of time had been discovered.
The directors were already closeted in the boardroom.
They sat side by side at a conference table so long that it seemed to go on forever,
each with his steel-gray briefcase and small gray cigar. They had removed their bowler hats for the occasion,
and every last one of them had a bald head as gray as the rest of him.
Their mood, if such bloodless creatures could be said to have feelings at all, was universally dejected.
The chairman rose from his place at the head of the long table.
The hum of conversation died away, and two interminable rows of gray faces turned towards him.
″Gentlemen,″ he began, ″the situation is grave.
I feel bound to acquaint you at once with the unpalatable but inescapable facts of the matter.
″Every available agent was assigned to hunt down the girl named Momo.
This operation lasted a total of six hours, thirteen minutes and eight seconds.
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