He seemed like a hell of a nice guy. I wonder whatever happened to him. They set down at Teterboro early enough to beat rush hour, cars waited for both Lance and Dino. Stone got their luggage into Dinos car, but Lance waved him over. About him — and about Sally Raines. And herself, too. Shes said a couple of things that lead me to believe that she may be on the verge of discovering that Audrey isnt as bad as Audrey thought. I started to tell him about Hundermark, but then I decided not to. Hundermark was dead and Vullo was paying me to tell him about Mix, not Hundermark. But it came back to me then, at least some of it, especially the night that I had gone up to Hundermarks office to tell him there was a fifty-fifty chance that he was going to get dumped. Yes. He was as eager to get out of the den as he would have been to get off theTitanic. Looking pretty good, Stone said. Well, whats all this got to do with Mothers silver? Never mind, Stone said. Get me Viv Bacchetti, instead. Maybe Id better translate for you, Gallops said and leaned forward, his elbows on his desk, his hands clasped in front of him. What hes saying, Harvey, is that Arch isnt around anymore and that’s a real shame, but the union’s still got business to do, Arch or no Arch, and somebody’s got to handle that business and that somebody is me. Not Arch. Just me. You understand what I’m saying? Why would you want to shoot someone who has your life in his hands? Dino asked. It was nearly two oclock by the time I found a place to park on Nineteenth Street near Biltmore. I took off my coat, loosened my tie, and walked up Nineteenth to Mintwood where I turned left. It was hot — hot for Washington, hot for New Orleans, hot even for Africa, and by the time I had gone half a block my shirt was damp. By the time I had gone a block it was wet. A couple of small, dark Cubans without shirts sat quietly on a small stoop and shared a bottle of something in a brown paper sack. They watched me carefully as I went by, probably because they had nothing better to do and I was something to look at. Not much, just something. But all Jess said was,Dont be upset with your dad, Katherine. You know how overwrought he can get. Youre accusing him of advocating armed revolution? I was about to have a martini, but since youve eaten perhaps youd like something else..