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Rene was glad the Charles de Gaulle airport was busy, it meant he only had to sit around for ten minutes before the passengers from a recently arrived flight came through the main lounge. He joined the crowd as they made their way towards the exits and then split away to follow a small group of men who diverted to enter the nearest toilets. By moving quickly, he was able to secure himself a cubicle just ahead of one of the men and the moment he had the door locked, he put down the lid on the toilet so he could rest his case on it and open it up.

Stripping off his jacket and shirt he shoved them into a corner of the case and took out a white t-shirt and a light brown pullover, both of which he pulled on. After that he took out a box, from which he removed a fake moustache and a wig. He affixed the moustache to his upper lip and slipped the wig on over his own hair, he then took out a pair of glasses, the lenses of which were ordinary glass. The last thing he did before leaving the cubicle was apply several stickers to the outside of his case, so it looked different from the plain case he had carried into the toilets.

As he walked away from the toilets, he looked around and was pleased to see that neither of the agents he had spotted gave him more than a casual glance. It was clear that his disguise had fooled them.

Instead of making for the booking desk for one of the airlines, as he was sure the surveillance team would be expecting him to, he made for the nearest of the car rental agencies.