It was midnight on the 12th and Special Agent Formby was still working at his desk, but he decided to stop for a few minutes and go to the small canteen on the floor below, there he got something to eat to take back to his office for he was starving. He had skipped lunch, for there had been a lot to do in the office that day, but now he regretted doing so for his stomach was beginning to hurt from lack of food. Once back at his desk he finished with the many reports submitted to him by his agents and now began checking up on the list of ten families supplied by Alice Tarraway. While he read, he ate yet another cheese sandwich that he had got from the canteen, and had yet another cup of instant coffee.