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'I didn't care for it ot off at JacksonvillePoor Baldwin We owe him a lot'

He finished the story of the rest of their trip

'Anyone spot you when you left the train?' asked Leiter

'Shouldn't think so,' said Bond 'But we'd better keep Solitaire under cover until we can get her out Thought we ought to fly her over to Jaet her looked after there till we coreed Leiter 'We'll put her in a charter plane at TampaGet her down to Miami by tomorrow lunch-time and she can take one of the afternoon services - KLM or Pana this afternoon'

'Is that all right, Solitaire?' Bond asked her

The girl was staring out of theHer eyes had the faraway look that Bond had seen before

Suddenly she shivered

Her eyes came back to Bond She put out a hand and touched his sleeve

'Yes,' she said She hesitated 'Yes, I guess so'

CHAPTER XIII

DEATH OF A PELICAN

SOLITAIRE Stood up

'I ot plenty to talk about'

'Of course,' said Leiter, ju up 'Crazy of me! You must be dead beat Guess you'd better take James's room and he can bed doith me"

Solitaire followed hi the arrangement of the rooms

In aand so my manners,' he said 'We could both do with a drink There's a small pantry next the bathroom and I've stocked it with all we're likely to need!'

He fetched so drink

'Let's have the details,' said Bond, sitting back 'Must have been the hell of a fine job'

'Sure was,' agreed Leiter, 'except for the shortage of corpses'

He put his feet on the table and lit a cigarette