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Cro the green creeping into Terry complexion, and realized that the mayor had seen the body He didn’t pursue it "So, then the er than ever We’re hip-​deep in cops We even reinstated a dozen locals boys"

"Oh? Like who?"

Terry recited a list of names

"Mm," said Crow doubtfully "I’d classify theood for this sort of thing, wouldn’t you say?"

"I agree, but they know the turf, and they can drive a police car A couple aren’t too bad Jack Tunny’s okay Eddie Oswald’s a stand-​up guy, though"

"For a Bible thuood officer and stayed by the book And BB Harrison’s not too wretched We’ve paired each of our locals with one of the cops from Philly, and we have a few loaners from Black Marsh and Crestville The Philly cops were supposed to be o, so pretty soon we’ll have everyone but the National Guard on the job"

"Wow All trying to arrest one man"

"Tell you the truth, I really don’t think anyone is really going to try too hard to arrest this Ruger character I think this has gone all the way over into a ‘shoot on sight’ kind of thing Or, rather, shoot to kill"

Crow grunted "Maybe they should drive a stake through his heart, too"

"Maybe" Terry rubbed his eyes again and sighed

"You know, man, you look about as bad as I do"

Terry smiled weakly "Well, aside froht’s sleep in weeks, the crop blight, Halloween, and Karl Ruger…I’m just peachy"

"Yeah" Crow studied Terry’s face "Any troubles with you and Sarah?"

"H like that Sarah’s the best No, it’s just that I’ve been having really bad dreams lately I told you about it yesterday Very vivid, very intense"

Croned "Hunh"

"Whyfore the ‘hunh’?"

"I’ve been having nightmares, too Real corkers"

They looked at each other for a , the door opened and a nurse calanced at her She did look like Steve Busceer at Terry and said, "Out"

Terry blinked in surprise "Me?"

"You Vamoose"

"You do realize," he said, "that I’ht now get out" She turned and glared at Crow "It is tilance, fiercer than anything Crow had seen on Ruger’s face Terry and Crow exchanged a brief, helpless look, and Terry got up Behind the nurse’s back, he raised his right hand andheil!" and then crept out When Crow opened his ood-​bye to his friend, the nurse stuck a therhed at the joke, so Dixie MacVey tried it again "I said…you guys look like a police lineup" He chuckled for theathered officers just stared at hiht line, their assorted unifor-​city blue, and state-​police black "Get it? A police lineup"