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"Thanks," he said "Thanks very much"

"You're welcoer" He held out a se the chemical index of your perspiration Half an hour from now you'll smell like two other people With the Hound after you, the best thing is bottoms up"

Montag drank the bitter fluid

"You'll stink like a bobcat, but that's all right," said Granger

"You know

Granger nodded to a portable battery TV set by the fire "We've watched the chase Figured you'd wind up south along the river When we heard you plunging around out in the forest like a drunken elk, we didn't hide as we usually do We figured you were in the river, when the helicopter ca funny there The chase is still running The other way, though"

"The other way?"

"Let's have a look"

Granger snapped the portable viewer on The picture was a nightmare, condensed, easily passed froht A voice cried:

"The chase continues north in the city! Police helicopters are converging on Avenue 87 and Elm Grove Park!"

Granger nodded "They're faking You threw them off at the river They can't ad The show's got to have a snap ending, quick! If they started searching the whole da for a scapegoat to end things with a bang Watch They'll catch Montag in the next five minutes!"

"But how--"

"Watch"

The ca down at an empty street:

"See that?" whispered Granger "It'll be you; right up at the end of that street is our victi the scene Suspense Long shot Right now, some poor fellow is out for a walk A rarity An odd one Don't think the police don't know the habits of queer ducks like that, s for the hell of it, or for reasons of insomnia Anyway, the police have had him charted for ht be handy And today, it turns out, it's very usable indeed It saves face Oh, God, look there!"