Atdtda23: [45.2] The other one, 647
Paul Nightingale
isread at btinternet.com
Tue Dec 4 12:15:08 CST 2007
[647.6-7] "Nice to see you out in public again, Miss Estrella. This here
your beau?"
"This yours, Hatch?"
"Wasn't looking for no round and round," advised the other one, "just being
neighbourly."
Cf. the introduction of Deuce and Sloat on 195:
Deuce's sidekick, Sloat Fresno, was about twice his size and thought that
Deuce was his sidekick. It wasn't the first time they'd made themselves
useful to the Owners Association. Mine security, sort of thing. They'd
picked up a reputation for being steady, for not talking to people they
didn't know. In saloon engagements they tended to fight back to back, each
thinking he was protecting the other ...
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