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тАЬWould those that look like that have names?тАЭ I asked him.

тАЬNames can be changed. Jaws can't.тАЭ

тАЬThanks, pal,тАЭ I said.

Glacia had a reception ready for me when I got back to our suite. She had the door locked, but the
purple carpet of welcome was spread out inside. The door was merely locked because Glacia was
scared stiffтАФshe was so frightened that she didn't trust herself to recognize my voice, but made me
repeat the name of the kid who had put the civet cat in the teacher's desk when we were going to school
in Kansas City. The kid's name was Dan Burton, and I came near not being able to remember it. Then
Glacia unlocked the door and threw her arms around me. She made my shoulder wet with tears, told me
several different ways that she was glad to see me and then swore at me. тАЬDamn you, Mote, why did you
walk out like that? I thought you had deserted me.тАЭ

тАЬThe way I heard it, I was fired.тАЭ

тАЬDon't be silly,тАЭ Glacia said. тАЬYou just had me upset, is all.тАЭ

тАЬUpset? Honey, your nerves are vibrating like harp strings.тАЭ

тАЬPshaw! I'm all right.тАЭ

тАЬUh-huh. Do you know a short, fat man with a jaw?тАЭ

She gave me a thoroughly blank look. тАЬWhat are you talking about?тАЭ

тАЬI had another round with Doc Savage,тАЭ I said. тАЬThis time I was properly respectfulтАФor anyway I knew
I was before the master. He didn't admit a thing, but he did put out a piece of adviceтАФleave the lodge.
But his court jester, that Monk Mayfair, followed me out in the hall and was a little more explicit. He said
to beware of a short fat man with a jaw, who would be a new acquaintance.тАЭ

тАЬAll men have jaws,тАЭ Glacia said woodenly.

тАЬI gather this one is special. . . . Glacia, why are you looking like that?тАЭ

The way she was looking was somewhat the same as when she had walked into our room that morning
and told me how Waldo Loring was wearing his brains on his face. But she didn't faint this time. Instead,
she dived for the telephone. She put in a call for the lawyer in Los Angeles.

Waiting for the phone call to go through, Glacia looked at the floor, the walls, at nothing, and used a
voice that was two tones higher to ask me, тАЬIs Doc SavageтАФdid he come here to the lodge because
ofтАФof Uncle Waldo?тАЭ
тАЬYou do the guessing,тАЭ I said.

When the Los Angeles connection was made, her voice went up another tone, and she demanded to
speak to Lawyer McBride. The reply she got was a quick piece of news. She hung up.

тАЬHe's left. He's already on his way here.тАЭ