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"You would have succeeded in keeping your cover froood, too well trained" David Mountebank sighed, took a deep drink of the brandied tea Jarinned as he patted his belly "That’ll put optimism back in your pecker"

"Yeah," Quinlan said

"What are you doing with Sally Brandon?"

"I just sort of hooked up with her the first day I was here I like her She doesn’t deserve all thisthat poor woainst the rocks at the base of those cliffs was enough to give a person night Doc Spiver with half his head blown off was even worse"

David took another drink of his tea "I sure won’t forget this remedy You think that by any wild chance these two deaths are related in any way to the FBI e Jensen and all the others?"

"That’s far-fetched for even my devious brain, but it ain, David thought, without rancor He was s he didn’t want to spill It would be impossible to rattle him He wondered why the devil he was really here Well, Quinlan would tell hiood and ready

David said slowly, "I know you won’t tell ht now, so I don’t plan to stew about it You keep doing what you’re doing, and if you can help me at all, or I can help you, I’ll be here"

"Thanks, David I appreciate it The Cove is an interesting little town, don’t you think?"

"It is now You should have seen it three or four years ago It was as ra run-down, only old folks here All the young ones hightailed it out of town as soon as they could get Then prosperity Whatever they did, they did it well and with ad

"Maybe some relative of one of theave it to the town Whatever, the place is a treat now Yep, it shows that folk can pull theot to respect them"

David set his empty cup in the sink "Well, I’, Quinlan"