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I limped to the top of the steps after Lefty. He let us in with a key. We were in a dimly lit hall that had a staircase against its left wall and an open door at its right, leading into a darkened room. I LIMPED TO THE TOP OF THE STEPS AFTER LEFTY HE LED US IN WITH A KEY WE WERE IN A DIMLY LIT HALL THAT HAD A STAIRCASE AGAINST ITS LEFT WALL AND AN OPEN DOOR AT ITS RIGHT LEADING INTO A DARKENED ROOM
 promised him, starting to reach for his throat. The gun jabbed a reminder to watch my manners. "Do you come quietly?" Lefty asked shrilly. "Or do we--?" The sudden shrillness of his voice scared me more than anything else. He was worked up worse than I was. "Quietly," I conceded, trying to get some saliva to flow again. The pressure against my spine eased off. Lefty stepped out of the alley to the curb and flagged down a cruising 'copter. He made me get in first, which gave me a chance to turn, when I sat down, and see who had been holding the gun on me from behind. The gunman had sure drifted in one awful hurry. There wasn't a soul except Lefty around. He hopped in after me. The turbine howled as the driver gunned us up on the air cushion and sent us skimming away. The trip lasted only four or five minutes through the thinning traffic of late evening. We pulled up in front of a brownstone house in the upper Eighties that reared up four stories among a string of three-story neighbors.  US ISN'T GOING TO LIVE THROUGH THIS I PROMISED HIM STARTING TO REACH FOR HIS THROAT THE GUN JABBED A REMINDER TO WATCH MY MANNERS DO YOU COME QUIETLY LEFTY ASKED SHRILLY OR DO WE THE SUDDEN SHRILLNESS OF HIS VOICE SCARED ME MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE HE WAS WORKED UP WORSE THAN I WAS QUIETLY I CONCEDED TRYING TO GET SOME SALIVA TO FLOW AGAIN THE PRESSURE AGAINST MY SPINE EASED OFF LEFTY STEPPED OUT OF THE ALLEY TO THE CURB AND FLAG DOWN A CRUISING CAPTOR HE MADE ME GET IN FIRST WHICH GAVE ME A CHANCE TO TURN WHEN I SAT DOWN AND SEE WHO HAD BEEN HOLDING THE GUN ON ME FROM BEHIND THE GUNMEN HAD SURE DRIFTED IN ONE AWFUL HURRY THERE WASN'T A SOUL EXCEPT LEFY AROUND HE HOPPED IN AFTER ME THE TURBINE HOWLED AS THE DRIVER GUNNED US UP ON THE AIR CUSHION AND SENT US SKIMMING AWAY THE TRIP LASTED ONLY FOUR OR FIVE MINUTES THROUGH THE THINNING TRAFFIC OF LATE EVENING WE PULLED UP IN FRONT OF A BROWNSTONE HOUSE IN THE UPPERIGHTIES THAT REARED UP FOUR STORIES AMONG A STRING OF THREE STORY NEIGHBORS
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