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“Silenzio!” The Italian shot forward on
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“Silenzio!” The Italian shot forward on the couch
“I have no wish to exploit the informationOn the other hand, I don’t believe Gay Rights are
very high on the Cosa Nostra’s agenda, do you?”
“You son of a bitch!”
“You know, when I was a young army lawyer in Saigon, I defended a career lieutenant who was
caught in flagrante delicto with a Vietnamese boy, a male prostitute obviouslyThrough legal
maneuvers, using ambiguous phrases in the military code regarding civilians, I saved him from a
dishonorable discharge, but it was obvious that he had to resign from the serviceUnfortunately, he
never went on to a productive life; he shot himself two hours after the verdictYou see, he’d
become a pariah, a disgrace before his peers and he couldn’t handle the burden
“Get on with your business,” said the capo supremo named Louis, his voice low and flat and
filled with hatredFirst, I left an envelope on yourIt contains payment for
Armbruster’s tragic confrontation in Georgetown and Teagarten’s equally tragic assassination in
Brussels
“According to the yid head doctor,” interrupted the mafioso, “you got two more they know
aboutAn ambassador in London and that admiral on the Joint ChiefsYou wanna add another
bonus?”
“Possibly later, not nowThey both know very little and nothing about the financial operations
Burton thinks that we’re essentially an ultraconservative veterans’ lobbying effort that grew out of
the Vietnam disgrace—legally borderline for him, but then he has strong patriotic feelings
Atkinson’s a rich dilettante; he does what he’s told, but he doesn’t know why or by whomHe’d do
anything to hold on to the Court of Saint James’s and has; his only connection was with TeagartenConklin hit pay dirt with Swayne and Armbruster, Teagarten and, of course, DeSole, but the
other two are window dressing, quite respectable window dressingI wonder how it happened
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“When I find out, and I will find out, I’ll let you know, gratis
“Oh?” The attorney raised his eyebrows“How?”
“We’ll get to itWhat’s your other business?”
“Two items, both vital, and the first I’ll give you—gratisGet rid of your current boyfriendHe
goes to places he shouldn’t and throws money around like a cheap hoodlumWe’re told he boasts
about his connections in high place |