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Chapter 11

           OrderingthehotelcarintoagroveofpinesRosemaryandCampionkeptintheshadowofawoodandskirtedthebleachedfairwaywhereAbeandMcKiscowerewalkingupanddown,thelatterraisinghisheadatintervalslikearabbitscenting.PresentlythereweremovingfiguresoverbyafartherteeandthewatchersmadeoutBarbanandhisFrenchsecondthelattercarriedtheboxofpistolsunderhisarm.

           Somewhatappalled,McKiscoslippedbehindAbeandtookalongswallowofbrandy.Hewalkedonchokingandwouldhavemarcheddirectlyupintotheotherparty,butAbestoppedhimandwentforwardtotalktotheFrenchman.Thesunwasoverthehorizon.

           CampiongrabbedRosemary’sarm.

           "Ican’tstandit,"hesqueaked,almostvoiceless."It’stoomuch.Thiswillcostme"

           "Letgo,"Rosemarysaidperemptorily.ShebreathedafranticprayerinFrench.

           Theprincipalsfacedeachother,Barbanwiththesleeverolledupfromhisarm.Hiseyesgleamedrestlesslyinthesun,buthismotionwasdeliberateashewipedhispalmontheseamofhistrousers.McKisco,recklesswithbrandy,pursedhislipsinawhistleandpointedhislongnoseaboutnonchalantly,untilAbesteppedforwardwithahandkerchiefinhishand.TheFrenchsecondstoodwithhisfaceturnedaway.RosemarycaughtherbreathinterriblepityandgrittedherteethwithhatredforBarban;then:

           "Onetwothree!"Abecountedinastrainedvoice.

           Theyfiredatthesamemoment.McKiscoswayedbutrecoveredhimself.Bothshotshadmissed.

           "Now,that’senough!"criedAbe.

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