Mention of Mary Cole made Pea Eye very uncomfortable. 'Do I wellfit your personage? Is the likeness true, my dear?' His voicewas thin and carping in the exact timbre of Ikey's own andhis hands imitated perfectly the other's mannerisms. ' Ikey spread his hands. His expression was mostacidulous, as though the task at hand caused a sour tastein his mouth.
'Now who wasit taught me that?' Owmuch?''Twenty sovs down. Mary took the remaining talonsfrom her right hand and placed them on the deck besidethe body where she'd left the others. There is a saying among my people, Always put asalt on the bread , it means, always leave a littlething for the next man, leave a little extra, a littleon the tongue, a reason to return. It did nottake long for Mary's quick mind to grasp the peculiarlanguage of Ikey's ledgers and to learn the ways of disposingstolen goods throughout Europe and America.
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