First the lawyer, then the locksmith, then the police.

The mind, the mechanism, and the force, in exactly that sequence.

It said, without a word being spoken, that everything about to happen had been thought through, prepared, made lawful and orderly, and would proceed whether Julian cooperated or not.

This was the thing that must have frightened him most as he watched from that doorway, more than any single one of the men climbing out of those vehicles.

It was the evidence of planning.