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"Ain’t no burials here gonna help you, boy," he told Brent "Not if you’re looking for so specific"

"Yes, I know, but sometimes spirits wander"

"Who you lookin’ for?"

"A man He would be in his mid-thirties Looked like a junkie when he died"

"He buried in New Orleans anywhere?"

"No, his family was all up in Kentucky They took hi around here?"

"He was killed here"

"How?"

"Afor a junkie?"

Brent shook his head "He’d never taken the stuff before in his life He was a cop, here undercover, slipping in with so the bars and clubs in the Vieux Carré He’s been seen walking about His name was Tom Garfield"

"I ain’t seen hi hio bad hih"

"I don’t believe so"

Huey shrugged "Tom Garfield I’ll keep htly "Gotta go"

"Go where?"

"You hear that?"

"What?" Brent’s hearing was usually fairly acute, but he had heard nothing except the night breeze

"Get on out of here now," Huey told hi the walls in the back Around here, that usually , if there’s solared at hih

"All right, all right, but you can’t tell ht, not after all these years," Huey said, annoyed "Don’t hs in this city ant it You go on and get out of here Tend to your business, and I’ll tend to ht, but keep an eye out for me, will you, Huey?" Brent asked

"Yeah, sure, me and the others," Huey told him To Brent’s surprise, Huey paused for a led his toes in his sneakers "Maybe you could find out what happened to the old master"

Brent arched a brow

"Give me a name," Brent told him

"Archibald Archibald McManus," Huey said

"I’ll do my best," Brent told hi hi fro the oldfro on the toht?" she asked eagerly

"Sure, sure, sweet thing Soon’s I get this flesh-and-blood boy outta here, we’re on it"

He glared angrily at Brent, who lowered his head, s, Huey"

In a ht It wasn’t a good ti projects He started back into the Quarter, heading toward the small bed-and-breakfast where he had opted to stay

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