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Another was the man at the cigar stand in Burckhardt 's office building . There were more , at least a dozen that Swanson knew of or suspected . They were easy enough to spot , once you knew where to look -- for they , alone in Tylerton , changed their roles from day to day . Burckhardt was on that 8:51 bus , every morning of every day-that-was-June-15th , never different by a hair or a moment . But April Horn was sometimes gaudy in the cellophane skirt , giving away candy or cigarettes ; sometimes plainly dressed ; sometimes not seen by Swanson at all . Russians ? Martians ?