"When it's sitting in the cradle," she said, "the recorder's not going to get tossed around or buried under papers on your desk."

"Unless she's turned pirate, and sailing under false papers, that is."

Paul closed his door, locked it silently, and got a bottle from under papers in a bottom drawer.

He searched under papers and empty yogurt containers, finally finding a printed list.

They were traveling under false papers, of course, but Graff had undoubtedly let someone in the station know who they really were.

If they ran into problems, Costopoulos carried the blueprints and layout diagram concealed under scientific papers on his clipboard.

"But if you want just the circuit..." He was fishing around under books and papers.

Across the room was a faint scratching, as of a roach burrowing under papers.

He was under false papers, of course, and there isn't enough of his fingers or retinas left to identify him.