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She shook her head "No"

"Do you reet that monster?"

"He wants you dead, Frannie"

"He killed Nancy" She suddenly re clarity

"I don’t know about that I only know he has it in for you So the others are trying to lure hi to think of their names How could she not re, she opened her eyes Yes, the three of the that Luke wasn’t part of the He still hen one of them was in trouble

She looked at Bill, as unusually quiet She’d seen him examine others He always asked lots of questions "So where is Sterling?"

"With the others"

This wasno sense "And where are the others?"

"As I told you: trying to find Sykes"

"Out on the street? In the rookeries?"

"Yes"

"No" She tried to get out of bed and he held her back

"Careful, Frannie, careful, girl You’re going to hurt yourself"

"He’s not one of us He’s never--"

"Which is why he’s the perfect mark Sykes won’t know hiot off the bed and took a step back "I see you’re feeling so, exactly?"

"Frannie--"

"Tellwasn’t like them At the lastsat in the darkened corner looking out At least it was unlikely that anyone would coht start there, but eventually, to take a seat, they’d have to coht

Of course it was crowded The shiny bar that spanned the width of the place looked new He sipped slowly on his ale so he wouldn’t stand out, but he kneas imperative that he keep his wits about him He carried a pistol in his jacket pocket It occurred to hi could simply take it out and shoot the fellow If it weren’t so crowded in here, that’s exactly what he’d do, but as it was, he couldn’t put innocents at risk--although in this tawdry place, he doubted there were that many innocents