The Hot Rock Page #4

Most of it night work.

Kelp says there's muggers

in the area so go easy.

Once we get the diamond, um...

Well, why do we have

to give it to this Amusa?

It sounds like it's

worth more than 100,000.

Should we deal with the, uh,

insurance company directly?

Well, that's always possible

if something happens to Amusa.

Well, just so we're

flexible in our thinking.

Uh, one little problem

is that Amusa knows who

me and Dortmunder are.

And since this stone

is this big symbolic thing,

I'm not all that anxious...

to have an entire African nation

after my ass, if you don't mind.

Blowguns and poison arrows,

no thanks.

I think they're a little

more modern now, Andrew.

Is that supposed to make me

feel better, tommy guns and airplanes?

What are these numbers there?

- Suit sizes for the uniforms

you're gonna buy.

- Buy? What's wrong with renting?

Come on, Doctor.

You said you'd supply matriel.

You mean it's actually

going to happen?

Maybe not right away,

but we're researching full time now.

I'm a criminal.

Bigger.

I've never seen one like that before.

Uh, well, it's kind

of European and I, uh...

I learned it when I was

at the Sorbonne.

Oh. Right.

- God, I'm sorry.

- Oh, that's okay. Just go ahead.

No. Bigger.

Uh, I picked this up at Berkeley.

- You studied a lot, I guess.

- I love school.

Bigger still.

I'll work on it.

And I'll need noise.

How much noise?

Okay.

Aaah!

Oh!

Help! Police!

Police... Police!

All right.

Are you okay, fella?

I am now.

Aaah-h...

Get the fire extinguishers.

I'll take care of him.

- It wouldn't steer. The wheel...

- Yeah.

Kelly, don't just stand there.

Get the buckets.

Get those fire extinguishers...

Get them away from the gas tank.

The wheel. The wheel.

- Easy, fella.

- I couldn't make it turn.

- "What is this?"

- H-H-How do you mean?

How do you mean?

I can't find the goddamned place.

The building sounds like it's exploding.

- And I'm all the hell turned around.

- Uh-huh. Let me show you.

Take the east and your first left

and that should be it.

Sounded like a mother of a crash.

I wouldn't miss a crash like that.

- Thanks.

- Yeah, anytime.

Get back over here with

that extinguisher. Hurry up!

- I called the ambulance.

-

Get those people back.! Back.!

Cops cannot get

this thing under control.

It wouldn't matter. He's gone.

How's it coming?

You don't mean how's it coming.

You mean what's the matter.

That's what you mean.

You mean what am I doing

with a lox like Kelp?

A no-talent, no-good,

no-confidence...

I get caught tonight,

and it's life for me.

And in all the world, who did

I choose to take that risk with?

You.

Now why do you think I did that?

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