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Wireman bent and picked up one thin, trailing arm
It snapped in three without a soundEmery Paulson
had been in the caldo a long, long timeThere was
a harpoon sticking through the shelly harp of his
ribsWireman retrieved it now, having to work the
tip free of the ground in order to take it back
"How'd you keep the Twins from Hell off you with
the spear-pistol unloaded?" I asked
Wireman jabbed the harpoon in his hand like a
daggerI grabbed one out of his belt
and did the sameI don't know how long it would
have worked over the long haul, though - they were
like mad dogs
Wireman replaced the silver-tipped harpoon he'd
used on Emery in his belt"Speaking of the long
haul, we might consider another storage container
for your new dollWhat do you think, Edgar?"
He was rightSomehow I couldn't imagine Perse
spending the next eighty years in the barrel of a
Garrity flashlightI was already wondering how
thin the shield between the battery case and the
lens housing might beAnd the rock that had
fallen out of the cistern wall and cracked the
Table Whiskey keg: had that been an accidentor
a final victory of mind over matter after years of
patient work? Perse's version of digging through
the wall of her cell with a sharpened spoonhandle?
Still, the flashlight had served its purposeGod
bless Jack Cantori's practical mindNo - that was
too chintzy
"There's a custom silversmith in Sarasota,"
Wireman said"Mexicano muy talentosoMiss
Eastlake has - had - a few pieces of his stuffI
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bet I could commission him to make a watertight
tube big enough to hold the flashlightThat'd
give us what insurance companies and football
coaches call double coverageIt'd be pricey, but
so what? Barring probate snags, I'm going to be an
extremely wealthy man
