Michael Malone - Weebly

chapter 28
"Got anything for me today, Sergeant?"
"Hello, Hayes. Don't you have anything better to do
with your time? Get them to lower taxes, give me a
raise, something like that?"
"Like all Americans, you greatly overestimate the
power of the press to do anything but jerk skeletons out
of closets. Indecent exposure's our racket. So, men we
can manage—even presidents. Money, we can't
budge."
"No presidents in here just now."
"Well, jails are my hobby."
"It's not much different here from outside, just a little
more clearcut, and smells worse maybe."
"You're a philosopher, Fred. That's another reason
I came to Argyle. To sit at your feet."
"Sit in a bar be more like it."
"That's another reason, I admit. So, anything
much?"
"Naw. The usual. Drunks. Disorderlies. Guy took a
lug wrench to his wife; twelve stitches. Kid broke into