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┬╗Walter тАУ┬л Martin started to say.
┬╗You donтАЩt have J. EdgarтАЩs thumbprint on you,┬л I said, think-
ing IтАЩd better start sharpening the pencils. ┬╗Since youтАЩre out in
daylight and arenтАЩt moist, I can rule out CIA.┬л Hmf hmf hmf.
┬╗YouтАЩre about as military as I am. My man Martin generally
doesnтАЩt let on who pays for the groceries long as I make the
delivery. Usually, I donтАЩt care. But truly, my brothers, all this
incognito cum laude is making my mind start to wander. Feel
like IтАЩm in a tryout for Skull and Bones.┬л
┬╗YouтАЩre thinking of Yale, Walter,┬л said Bennett. ┬╗We look
like Yalies?┬л
Martin glared like an icy road. For a minute I gave them the
benefit of the doubt, thinking they simply feared being taped al
fresco. In truth thereтАЩs no better place to talk trouble than out in
the out and about. Every time Martin and I faced off to swap
tales we took to the ozone, and hit the bricks. An old trick,
never fails to keep nosy parkers from tuning in on the party
line. ItтАЩs a subtle concept for the layman to grasp, and these two
clowns were no laymen. Just as I was starting to give in the old
gringo flipped me such a deathтАЩs head that I realized he was
doing the Miss Priss bit purely for entertainment value. I got the
notion he didnтАЩt care who heard what he said, since he never
exactly said it.
┬╗Walter, are you aware of what happens this November?┬л
Hamilton asked.
┬╗This is February.┬л Hmnf hmnf hmnf said Frye.
┬╗Good things take time,┬л Bennett said.
┬╗ThereтАЩs an election this November,┬л said Hamilton. ┬╗YouтАЩll
be voting?┬л
┬╗Never,┬л I said. ┬╗99 bottles of beer on the wall. I donтАЩt sing
along.┬л
Hamilton made with the tut-tuts. ┬╗Possibly weтАЩre not as cyni-
cal as you are.┬л
┬╗Try me.┬л
┬╗Are you familiar with the field of candidates? Does anyone
in particular come to mind?┬л
He had me there, but I wasnтАЩt going to let on. Thinking for a
second, the obvious name popped into my head. ┬╗President
Lodge.┬л
┬╗Thought we were going to have to cue you, Walter,┬л Ben-
nett said.
┬╗What about on the Democratic side?┬л Hamilton asked.
┬╗Usual suspects, I suppose. Johnson, Humphrey. Pritchard.
You think itтАЩll matter?┬л
┬╗You are cynical, son.┬л
┬╗Call me son once IтАЩm in the will,┬л I said. ┬╗If I had to guess
IтАЩd say LodgeтАЩll be re-elected. Incumbents always are.┬л Hamil-
ton eyed me like I was a puppy who wet the rug. ┬╗No?┬л
┬╗WeтАЩll be clear on that by the end of next month, Mister
Smith,┬л he said. ┬╗But thatтАЩs no concern of yours.┬л