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○50TheDukesaiddespairingly,“WhatcanIpossiblysay?Youknowwhathappened.〞Hemadeanattempttosquarehisshoulderswhichdidnotsucceed.“Youdbettercallthepoliceandgetitover.〞

○51“Wellnow,theresnocallforbeinghasty.〞Theincongruousfalsettovoicetookonamusingnote.“Whatsdonesbeendone.Rushinganyplaceaintgonnabringbackthekidnoritsmotherneither.Besides,whattheyddotoyouacrossattheheadquarters,Duke,youwouldntlike.Nosir,youwouldntlikeitatall.〞

○52Theothertwoslowlyraisedtheireyes.

○53“Iwashoping,〞Ogilviesaid,“thatyoufolkscouldsuggestsomething.〞

○54TheDukesaiduncertainly,“Idontunderstand.〞

○55“Iunderstand,〞theDuchessofCroydonsaid.“Youwantmoney,dontyou?Youcameheretoblackmailus.〞

○56Ifsheexpectedherwordstoshock,theydidnotsucceed.Thehousedetectiveshrugged.“Whatevernamesyoucallthings,maam,dontmattertome.AllIcomeforwastohelpyoupeopleoutoftrouble.ButIgottolivetoo.〞

○57〞Youdacceptmoneytokeepsilentaboutwhatyouknow?〞

○58〞IreckonImight.〞

○59〞Butfromwhatyousay,〞theDuchesspointedout,herpoiseforthemomentrecovered,“itwoulddonogood.Thecarwouldbediscoveredinanycase.〞

○60〞Iguessyoudhavetotakethatchance.Buttheressomereasonsitmightnotbe.SomethingIainttoldyouyet.〞

○61“Tellusnow,please.〞

○62Ogilviesaid,“Iaintfiguredthisoutmyselfcompletely.Butwhenyouhitthatkidyouwasgoingawayfromtown,nottoit.〞

○63〞Wedmadeamistakeintheroute,〞theDuchesssaid.“Somehowwedbecome精彩文檔

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turnedaround.ItseasilydoneinNewOrleans,withthestreetwindingastheydo.Afterward,usingsidestreets,wewentback.“

○64“Ithoughtitmightbethat,〞Ogilvienoddedunderstandingly.“Butthepoliceaintfigureditthatway.They?relookingforsomebodywhowasheadedout.Thatswhy,rightnow,theyreworkinonthesuburbsandtheoutsidetowns.Theymaygetaroundtosearchindowntown,butitwontbeyet.“

○65“Howlongbeforetheydo?〞

○66“Maybethree,fourdays.Theygotalotofotherplacestolookfirst.〞

○67“Howcouldthathelpusthedelay…?〞

○68“Itmight,〞Ogilviesaid.“Providinnobodytwigsthecar–anseeinwhereitis,youmightbeluckythere.Anifyoucangetitaway.〞

○69“Youmeanoutofthestate?〞

○70“Imeanouto?theSouth.〞

○71“Thatwouldntbeeasy?〞

○72“No,maam.Everystatearound–Texas,Arkansas,Mississippi,Alabama,alltherestllbewatchingforacardamagedthewayyoursis.〞

○73TheDuchessconsidered.“Isthereanypossibilityofhavingrepairsmadefirst?Iftheworkweredonediscreetlywecouldpaywell.“

○74Thehousedetectiveshookhisheademphatically.“Youtrythat,youmightaswellwalkovertoheadquartersrightnowangiveup.EveryrepairshopinLouisianasbeentoldtohollercopstheminuteacarneedingfixinlikeyourscomesin.Theyddoit,too.Youpeoplearehot.〞

○75TheDuchessofCroydonkeptfirm,tightreinonherracingmind.Itwasessential,sheknew,thatherthinkingremaincalmandreasoned.Inthelastfewminutestheconversationhadbecomeasseeminglycasualasifthediscussionwereofsomeminordomesticmatterandnotsurvivalitself.Sheintendedtokeepitthatway.Oncemore,精彩文檔

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shewasaware,theroleofleadershiphadfallentoher,herhusbandnowatensebutpassivespectatoroftheexchangebetweentheeviltatmanandherself.Nomatter.Whatwasinevitablemustbeaccepted.Theimportantthingwastoconsideralleventualities.Athoughtoccurredtoher.

○76“Thepiecefromourcarwhichyousaythepolicehave.Whatisitcalled?〞

○77“Atrimring.〞

○78“Isittraceable?〞

○79Ogilvienoddedaffirmatively.“Theycanfigurewhatkindocaritsfrommake,model,anmaybetheyear,orclosetoit.Samethingwiththeglass.Butwithyourcarbeingforeign,itlllikelytakeafewdays.〞

○80“Butafterthat,〞shepersisted,“thepolicewillknowtheyrelookingforaJaguar?〞

○81“Ireckonthatsso.“

○82TodaywasTuesday.Fromallthatthismansaid,theyhaduntilFridayorSaturdayatbest.WithcalculatedcoolnesstheDuchessreasoned:thesituationcamedowntooneessential.Assumingthehotelmanwasboughtoff,theironlychance--aslimone--layinremovingthecarquickly,Ifitcouldbegotnorth,tooneofthebigcitieswheretheNewOrleanstragedyandsearchwouldbeunknown,repairscouldbemadequietly,theincriminatingevidenceremoved.Then,evenifsuspicionsettledontheCroydonslater,nothingcouldbeproved.Buthowtogetthecaraway?

○83Undoubtedlywhatthisoafishdetectivesaidwastrue:AswellasLouisiana,theotherstatesthroughwhichthecarwouldhavetopasswouldbealertandwatchful.Everyhighwaypatrolwouldbeonthelookoutforadamagedhead-lightwithamissingtrimring.Therewouldprobablyberoad-blocks.Itwouldbehardnottofallvictimtosomesharpeyedpoliceman.

○84Butitmightbedone.Ifthecarcouldbedrivenatnightandconcealedbyday.Therewereplentyofplacestopulloffthehighwayandbeunobserved.Itwouldbe精彩文檔

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hazardous,butnomorethanwaitinghereforcertaindetection.Therewouldbebackroads.Theycouldchooseanunlikelyroutetoavoidattention.

○85Buttherewouldbeothercomplications...andnowwasthetimetoconsiderthem.Travelingbysecondaryroadswouldbedifficultunlessknowingtheterrain.TheCroydonsdidnot.Norwaseitherofthemadeptatusingmaps.Andwhentheystoppedforpetrol,astheywouldhaveto,theirspeechandmannerwouldbetraythem,makingthemconspicuous.Andyet...thesewereriskswhichhadtobetaken.

○86Orhadthey?

○87TheDuchessfacedOgilvie.“Howmuchdoyouwant?〞

○88Theabruptnesstookhimbysurprise.“Well...Ifigureyoupeopleareprettywellfixed.〞

○89Shesaidcoldly,“Iaskedhowmuch.〞

○90Thepiggyeyesblinked.Tenthousanddollars.〞

○91Thoughitwastwicewhatshehadexpected,herexpressiondidnotchange.“Assumingwepaidthisgrotesqueamount,whatwouldwereceiveinreturn?〞

○92Thefatmanseemedpuzzled.“LikeIsaid,IkeepquietaboutwhatIknow.〞

○93“Andthealternative?〞

○94Heshrugged.“Igodownthelobby.Ipickupaphone.“

○95“No,〞Thestatementwasunequivocal.“Wewillnotpay,you.〞

○96AstheDukeofCroydonshifteduneasily,thehousedetectivesbulbouscountenancereddened,“Nowlisten,lady…〞

○97Peremptorilyshecuthimoft.“Iwillnotlisten.Instead,youwilllistentome.〞Hereyeswererivetedonhisface,herhandsome,highcheekbonedfeaturessetintheirmostimperiousmold.“Wewouldachievenothingbypayingyou,exceptpossiblyafewdaysrespite.Youhavemadethatabundantlyclear.〞

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○98“Thatsachanceyougotta...〞

○99“Silence!〞Hervoicewasawhiplash.Eyesboredintohim.Swallowing,sullenly,hecomplied.

100Whatcamenext,theDuchessofCroydonknew,couldbethemostsignificantthingshehadeverdone.Theremustbenomistake,novacillationordallyingbecauseofherownsmallnessofmind.Whenyouwereplayingforthehigheststakes,youmadethehighestbid.Sheintendedtogambleonthefatmansgreed.Shem