Atka Natas is a secret agent from the oppressive regime of Liquidatzia. He visits his estranged wife Vera, a chemist who is involved with a group of exiles trying to smuggle their compatriots out of Liquidatzia. Almkvist, an honest local policeman and former lover of Vera's, contacts her while investigating the death of one of the refugees. Natas has a list of agents operating in the host country and wants to sell them to the Americans. However before he can do so, Vera tries to kill him, after an argument about getting her parents out of Liquidatzia.走了大概二三十米。洞里面豁然开朗，洞的正中间，有一个很大的石坑，大概有两米长，一米宽，具体多深就不知道，因为里面都是香灰，这个巨大的石坑就象是个香炉一样，里面密密麻麻的满是烧完的香剩下的短柱子，而石坑前面，是很多蜡油，阿坤喃喃的说这赤狐确实有两下子，这么旺的香火，比一个出马仙的香火旺多了，而且还不需要承担风险，替人断事看事。