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"Don't bet your Solpemachaco pension on it"

"You intend to murder us in cold blood," said Sarason flatly

"Not at all Cold-blooded murder is what you did to Dr Miller and God only kno many other innocent people who stood in your path As their avenging angel, I'm here to execute you"

"Without the decency of a fair trial," protested Sarason as his hand crept past his knee toward the concealed derringer Only then did he notice that Pitt's injuries went beyond the bloody gash across the forehead There was a fatigued droop to the shoulders, an unsteadiness to his stance The skewed left hand was pressed against his chest Broken wrist and ribs, Samson surmised His hopes rose as he realized that Pitt was on the thin edge of collapse

"You're hardly one to de scorn in his tone "A pity our great American court systeave to their victims"

"And you are not one to judge my actions If not foraway in the basements of museums around the world We preserved the antiquities and redistributed them to people who appreciate their value"

Pitt stopped his roving gaze and focused on Sarason "You call that an excuse? You justify theft and rand scale so you and your criic words for you, pal, are charlatan and hypocrite"

"Shooting me won't put my family out of business"

"Haven't you heard?" Pitt grimly smiled "Zolar International just went down the toilet Federal agents raided your facilities in Galveston They found enough loot to fill a hundred galleries"

Sarason tilted his head back and laughed "Our headquarters in Galveston is a legitiht and sold"

"I' about the second facility," Pitt said casually

A flicker of apprehension showed in Sarason's tan face "There is only one building"

"No, there are two The storage warehouse separated by a tunnel to transport illegal goods to the Zolar building with a subterranean baseery operation, and a vast collection of stolen art"

Sarason looked as if he'd been struck across the face with a club "Damn you to hell, Pitt How could you know any of this?"

"A pair of federal agents, one from Customs, the other from the FBI, described the raid to me in vivid ter with open arle Huascar's treasure into the United States"