The Hot Rock Page #2

You say it for me.

I'll tell you something, you are

the poorest birds I've ever seen.

Hey.!

Hey, Amusa thinks

you're a fabulous guy.

He's apologetic as hell.

He's happy to go 150.

The reason he said 75

was because he got confused.

He started thinking in Africa money.

You hear? He'll go 150.

That's a good deal. It is.

It's good and it's bad.

There's a guaranteed return,

and that's good.

But the guarantor is Amusa,

and Amusa's a rookie, and that's bad.

But it's an easily transportable

object, and that's good.

Only it's in a rotten position

in the museum...

and that's bad.

And the glass over the stone,

that's bad too, because that's

glass with metal mixed in it.

Bullet proof. Shatter proof.

But the locks don't look impossible...

three, maybe five, tumblers.

But there's no alarm system

and that's the worst because...

that means no one's going

to get lazy watching, knowing

the alarm will pick up...

their mistakes, which means

the whole thing has got

to be a diversion job.

And that's good and that's bad,

because if the diversion's

too big, it'll draw pedestrians.

And if the diversion's

not big enough, it won't

draw that watchman.

Dortmunder, I don't know

where the hell you are

or what the hell you're sayin'.

Just tell me,

will you plan the job?

It's what I do.

Well, my God, you've expanded.

Can't beat the panic business

in this town.

Every time the "Daily News" has

a scare headline, people go bananas.

Hi. Did you

get what you want?

- Yes. Three locks. Thank you.

- Enjoy 'em.

- I got some really key guys

I can call for you for the job.

- Okay.

And I wouldn't mind doin'

the lock work myself.

You make your calls.

That'll be just fine...

except I was thinking

of using Saul Neisser for lock man.

- No hard feelings.

- Uh, Saul's in jail now.

They got him

for letting a lion loose.

Hey, we're home!

- Hello. Hello.

-

Hi.

Hi.

- God, you look awful.

- Not you. Who's keepin' you?

- Him. We're practically rich.

- We're not rich.

And now you're working together.

Listen, he doesn't think

I'm good enough to work with him.

He must have just been kidding you.

Personally, you know

how fond I am of Kelp.

He, he hit me in the eye this morning

when I went to pick him up.

He gets nervous under pressure,

you know that.

Not anymore. We're well off now.

He doesn't have to hustle.

He's relaxed.

He's still family, and I don't like

working with family.

- What if we get caught?

Who'd look after you?

- Andrew doesn't get caught.

You're the one with that difficulty.

Come on, Clara. You're not fair.

He's had rough breaks.

I don't need you

defending me to my sister.

I don't need you

attacking my husband.

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