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Gangsters behave like General Motors. General<br />

Motors behaves like the government. Can't tell them<br />

apart. Well, it's a question of the style of sin you're used<br />

to, ain't it?" She drove rapidly down the sidewalk, her<br />

back as straight as the trajectory of her wheelchair.<br />

In one slow breath Ransom refilled his chest. Then<br />

he climbed the bank steps, one hand pushing against his<br />

weak leg. Seated in his private office, he opened his fist.<br />

The roll of film fell onto the desk.<br />

He pressed a button and asked his secretary to<br />

place a call to a Mr. W. Derek Palter of the<br />

Department of the Interior in Washington. Irene Wright<br />

asked if she could come in. "Could you sign these first,<br />

sir?"<br />

They were interrupted by Mrs. Ransom, who didn't<br />

wait to be announced. She stood, sunglasses on, attired<br />

in a cream turban and a Pierre Cardin suit, with a travel<br />

bag over her shoulder.<br />

"Hello, dear. Thank you, Irene. I'll sign these and<br />

bring them out." The Ransoms looked at each other<br />

until the door closed. "I thought you'd be resting," he<br />

said.

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