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"You know dae here the other night" Jeres "Hell, the joint doesn't look any different than it did before things got exciting"

"You ruined ed on a bar stool and folded his arlanced toward the far end of the room, where the Willis brothers were busy with a tape measure and a clipboard

The brothers were fixtures in town For as long as Nick could re everything fro to roof repairs They were identical twins, but no one in town had any trouble telling them apart

From his cleanly shaved skull to his crisply laundered overalls, Walter Willis was as precise and polished as one of the glea tools he wore on his belt Torrance, on the other hand, wore his thin, straggling hair in a greasy ponytail His work clothes were stained with everything fro to paint the place?" Jere taupe"

"Taupe?" Jereht? Taupe isn't the color you use for a bar"

"What color is taupe, anyway?" Nick asked

"Who knows?" Fred said "Walt over there suggested it"

"Forget taupe," Jerereen and maybe a warm brown on the baseboards and trim"

"Listen to him," Nick said "The man's an artist"

"Green and brown, huh?" Fred pondered that for a while "Walt said he'd give me a special on the taupe Said he had some left over from a job he and Torrance did for one of the summer people"

"Don't suppose it much matters what color you use," Nick said "No one will be able to see it in here, anyith the low lighting and all"

Fred scowled "Gotta keep the lights low"

"Why?" Jeremy asked "So folks won't notice the size of the roaches?"

"Gives the place ambience," Fred said

The door opened For a few seconds the glare of daylight silhouetted the distinctive figures of Eugene and Dwayne Then the door closed again

"Don't think you need a lot of ambience to attract those two," Nick said "Just spray a little stale beer around the place and sprinkle soene caning astonishood buddies, Harte and Seaton"

Dwayne, who had been tailgating his coene's backside and ricocheted off a couple of feet He regained his balance and peered at Nick and Jereht"

"Dwayne and ene explained He luh the uys cohtened warily "Much as we'd love to stay and chat, Nick and I have appointht, Nick?"

Nick did not take his eyes off Eugene "You want to buy us a drink?"