Chapter 9

           Toot-TootfeltthatfourcentswasfartoolittleforaprimeCoronacigarbox,andinthathewasprobablyrightcigarboxeswerehighlyprizedobjectsinprison.Athousanddifferentsmallitemscouldbestoredinthem,thesmellwaspleasant,andtherewassomethingaboutthemthatremindedourcustomersofwhatitwasliketobefreemen.Becausecigaretteswerepermittedinprisonbutcigarswerenot,Iimagine.

           DeanStanton,whowasbackontheblockbythen,addedapennytothepot,andIkickedonein,aswell.WhenTootstillprovedreluctant,Brutalwenttoworkonhim,firsttellinghimheoughttobeashamedofhimselfforbehavinglikesuchacheapskate,thenpromisinghimthathe,BrutusHowell,wouldpersonallyputthatCoronaboxbackinToot’shandsthedayafterDelacroix’sexecution."Sixcentsmightormightnotbeenoughifyouwasspeakingaboutsellingthatcigarbox,wecouldhaveagoodoldbarber-shopargumentaboutthat,"Brutalsaid,"butyouhavetoadmitit’sagreatpriceforrentingone.He’sgonnawalktheMileinamonth,sixweeksattheveryoutside.Why,thatbox’llbebackontheshelfunderyourcartalmostbeforeyouknowit’sgone."

           "Hecouldgetasoft-heartedjudgetogiveimastayandstillbeheretosing"Shouldoldacquaintancesbeforgot,"Tootsaid,butheknewbetterandBrutalknewhedid.

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