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"And all this you just happen to have in this apartment, you and she, and there's nobody else in on this?"

Oh, he was a beauty I heard the murderer in his voice

"I told you everything," Benji said in the most natural of little voices "You just help with this, you know, I can't have the police co in here!" Whisper "This is a fine hotel How did I know this guy was going to die here! We don't use this stuff, you take the stuff, just get the body out of here Now let me tell you- "

The elevator opened to our floor

"-this body is prettyon me when you see it "

"Slobbering on you," growled the victi sounds on the carpet

Benji fu to be mixed up

"Sybelle," he called out in warning "Sybelle, open the door "

"Don't do it," I said in a low voice

"Of course not," came her velvety answer

The barrels of the big lock turned

"And this guy just happens to come up here and die on you with all this stuff "

"Well, not exactly," said Benji, "but you ain with me, no, I expect you to stick to it "

"Look, you little guttersnipe, I didn't ain with you "

"Okay, then ular police then I know you Everybody in the bar knows you, who you are, you're always around What are you going to do, big shot? Kill me?"