The Bandits' Lair

1. Kaze gives a faint smile.
   
   "Mr. Masterson, do I understand from your patois that you are volunteering to be recruited? That is most bold of you."
   
   She nods approvingly.
   
   "As to the matter of the 'doll' there are two dolls among our number, and I for one would not hesitate to subdue their doll should the need arise. You need not trouble yourself to subdue her and thus incur a curse's impact upon your person."
2. Sky says:
   
   "I ain't got no pat wa, and I am saying that many a gentleman of the flatfoot persuasion might be inclinated to regulate me as a crook or grifter, sure. I got that kind of face. Twenty three arrests and no convictions: I am proud of my record!"
3. When the Shenandoah's Daughter ties up in Omaha, Richter procures a pair of large, fast automobiles. He buys Janet a .38 revolver, which can fit in her purse or a holster, and three Tommy guns for himself, Michael Bor and Sonny-Boy, although Sonny is always armed.

   
   

   Using his spirits, Richter drives around until he gets a feeling. He pulls over to the curb outside a cheap hotel across from the Ralston cattle yards.

   
   "The Fear Fields," he says to himself. "Of course! All fear smells the same ..."
   

    

   
    Then he squeezes his eyes shut, gripping the wheel tightly. One corner of his mouth quirks in a flickering snarl. When he opens his eyes, Richter is sweating.
   
4. "They're in there," he says. "Most of them, anyway -- Hennesey and Voinovich for sure."
5. "Okay, I'm in this car with Kaze and Sonny. Michael, you've got the other car with Janet. Rig your gadget to Sky, so we can monitor him if he needs help."
6. "Anything else we forgot?" he says, looking each Knight in the eye. "If not, Sky, it's your show."
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