In despair I have run my head against the wall! You're going to be working with us, though.
It was an exceedingly shrewd observation, Clark thought.  He'd asked to come out here, of course, but realized that Ritter had maneuvered him into asking.  Clark was the best man the Agency had for this sort of thing.  There weren't many men with similar experience anywhere in government service, and most of those, like Clark, were getting a little old for the real thing.  Was that all?  Clark didn't know.  He knew that Ritter liked to keep things under his hat, especially when he thought he was being clever.  Clever men outsmart themselves, Clark thought, and Ritter wasn't immune from that.