"I get twenty-five a day and expenses-when I'm lucky.SpecPortable has been released. "I get twenty-five a day and expenses-when I'm lucky." I shrugged into my coat and watched him come. The butler came along the red path with smooth light steps and his back as straight as an ironing board. The chauffeur over by the garage had gone away. I stood up and lifted my coat off the back of the damp wicker chair and went off with it among the orchids, opened the two doors and stood outside in the brisk October air getting myself some oxygen. You're already listed on their book of nice names." It may cost you a little money, besides what you pay me. I said: "I can take this Geiger off your back, General, if that's what you want. Who was this Joe Brody you paid the five thousand dollars to?" If he's a crook, he knows his onions, and if he's an honest man doing a little loan business on the side, he ought to have his money. Instead of that he makes you a present of them and admits they are gambling debts, which gives you a defense, even if he had kept the notes. Geiger can collect on these notes, unless you can show fraud. "That ought to save you from a pauper's grave. "Your daughters have money in their own right, General?" The General blinked at me and plucked at the edge of his rug. The heat didn't get any less hot with the brandy in me. I finished my second drink and wiped my lips and my face. And in the matter of money the General has instructed me to give you a check for whatever seems desirable." Regan would like to see you before you leave, sir. He stopped about two feet from me and said gravely: "Mrs. "I mean it might be cheaper and easier to stand for a certain amount of squeeze. "Can I make a deal with this guy, if I think he's within hooting distance of being on the level?" "I see." He shrugged his wide sharp shoulders in the faded red bathrobe.
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