![]() IT was a very swift and easy trip to the presidential palace, for The Shadow took short cuts, through narrow passages between buildings and even across plazas. #BULLHORN TIME AND EXPENSE CRACKED#He'd have remembered, then, that there were still more eggs within it, a whole nest of them, that would have cracked apart, down to the smallest egg that formed the tiny core. As she left the table, she saw Treban approaching, and walked straight past him, looking toward the roulette players as though expecting to see Allard among them. Twenty minutes later, Allard was on his way and Margo was finishing her desert alone. ![]() Murk was marked safe only through Castenago's aid. ![]() Besides, ten millions wouldn't have been worth ten cents, had he stayed in the United States after his crime, or even fled to any country other than Centralba. A million dollars was probably far beyond any of his crooked dreams. It wasn't surprising that Murk had settled for so little. Allard hadn't had much time yet to contact Cranston. Margo hoped he wasn't going to call Castenago. Treban cocked his head, looked at the table that Margo had left, and promptly went back to his office. It won't take us long to sell our idea to Big Chin Face. Castenago wants to have a session with us first, and let his regular stooges wait. "Treban says we'll have an hour before the council meeting. The gatomontes will be along the route, signaling if its clear. He'll flash back from his office when everything's ready. Understanding the grumbles, Murk silenced them. Maybe there would be larger shares, if thugs met up with The Shadow. ![]() They were figuring that Murk was playing into Castenago's probable argument that less money would be satisfactory, if each man received a larger share. Murk's followers hadn't forgotten what happened to their pals in Miami Beach. ![]()
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