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"They call that an inverted overprint"

"Are they worth more than the others?"

"It depends," he said, "on how scarce they are"

"It would, wouldn’t it? I’olf course, he’d had a long walk back to the Cadillac, and was afraid soht have taken an interest in it by then But the car here he’d left it, and he got in and drove to the mall He parked at one end of it, made a quick call to Dot, then wiped the interior of the car and made sure to take his jacket with him when he left it

The multiplex movie theater was at the other end of the ht a ticket for a uins in Antarctica He’d seen it before, and so had Dot, but it wasn’t the sort of film that was spoiled if you kne it ended He took a seat in the last row and got caught up in the action right away, barely noticing when someone took the seat beside him

It was Dot, of course, and she offered him some popcorn, and he took a handful They sat there, neither of the a word, until the entire tub of popcorn was empty

"I feel like a spy in an old movie," she whispered "You saw this already, didn’t you? Well, so did I Is there any reason we have to watch the rest of it?"

She got up without waiting for an answer, and he followed her out "Every last piece of popcorn," she said, tossing the tub in the trash bin "Except for the old maids What? You’re not familiar with the terot popped Well? We’re all set?"

"All set The car’s parked in a good spot, and it’ll probably be a day or two before anybody notices it I left the shotgun in the trunk"

"Is that what you used to--"

"No, it would have been aard and messy I used the revolver, and then I left it in Wheeler’s hand"

"You left hi, a un in his hand, and then when they ive the to think about"

"Retribution in Portland’s dark underworld"

"Soht toe planes twice With the tiet to Albany"

"That’s okay"

"I reserved a rental car, and two rooms in a motel a quarter of a e place in Latha, and then you can drop me back at the airport"

"And you’ll fly back to Sedona"

"With a few , Keller, I’m too old for this shit"

"You’re not the only one"

"When I get ho pitcher of iced tea and sit out on the terrace"

"And listen to Bell Rock"

"Ding Fucking Dong And on that subject, did you have any trouble with Big Ben?"

"The hardest part was following hiot to ride those little carts I was the only person on the whole course alking"

"Thank your lucky stars, Keller That’s why you’re in so much better shape than he is Did he knoho you were?"

He recounted the final exchange "But I’ came into his eyes, but it "

"The Griert?"

"Just ait," he said "Thebroken You couldn’t call hiot in the way"

"My mind?"

"You know, after he cooperated and all"

"He cooperated because he had to He thought it ht buy him a littlehim off the hook How could we risk that?"

"You don’t have to convince me, Keller"

"I tried to make it quick," he said, "but he had a couple of seconds to see it co, and I can’t say he looked surprised I don’t think he expected to get out of it alive"

"It’s a hard old world, all right"

"I guess He didn’t want us to leave hi’s alive"

"And Taggert lasted a good half hour longer than he would have if he hadn’t coer,years"

After three plane rides, after ten hours in an airport ed to get the stamp albums loaded into the trunk of Keller’s latest rental car, a Toyota Camry The car was coht in the trunk

"You’ve got a long ride ahead of you," Dot said, "but I guess you’re not keen on sending the sta hoood trip, Keller I’lad you’re alive"

"I’lad they’re not If you ever get to Sedona…"

"Or if you get to New Orleans"

"There you go Or pick up the phone, if you get the urge And if you lose the nues I’m listed"