The Kremlin Letter Page #2

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You must have known

sturdevant. Yeah, i knew him.

You didn't like him. He

was a con man and a coward.

He put out more bushwa than

goebbels did in world war ii.

And he built his own legend.

But the fact is highwayman

did most of the work.

He was the real brain. When

do i get to see the highwayman?

You have seen him. Let's go see him again.

Was everything in the suitcase? Yes, sir.

Well, nephew, i hope you're not

adverse to traveling. No. Not at all.

By the by, how are you on tortillas

and frijoles and all that kind of crap?

So i'm going to mexico. Yes, sir. You're

going to mexico to pick up lord ashley's whore.

You're gonna rustle up the

warlock in san francisco...

And then make tracks to

chicago for the erector set.

Tell them the tillinger foundation

is planning an expedition.

I'm sure about the others, but

the whore might not want to come.

He says he's done his last job.

Well, in that case, nephew,

You give him $25,000 in

advance to soften him up.

Now, if that don't work, this will.

Two or three drops of that'll

freeze him for about 24 hours.

Another drop or so will give

you, oh, an additional 10 hours.

Use more than six drops, call the undertaker.

I don't think he'll turn

us down, but if he does,

We want the body flown back to the states.

Alive or dead. It don't matter

which. Think you can manage?

Yes. You be in new york in four days.

Nephew, you got 96 little hours.

You better step over here with me...

And sit down,

Switch on that electronic

brain of yours and listen,

'Cause i'm only gonna give you the names

and numbers of all the players one time.

The whore is in a coastal village

between acapulco and zihuatanejo.

It's called papanoa.

A hundred dollars the fat one takes the lot.

Are you on?

If you have so much faith in her, why

don't i take her myself, mr. Janis?

Ah!

La sorda. Elepteria.

Listen! Blast gordita in the crotch!

In the cojones!

You hear?

Not a bad act, that.

I think i'll use it as a daily attraction.

Hey, gordita.

Take your pick. The fat one's fantastic.

She's yours for $15. You can

have any of the other two for 10.

The tillinger foundation

is planning an expedition.

Ah, bully for the tillinger foundation.

The business at hand is more important.

Thirty dollars says you can have them all.

The highwayman expects you.

Plus, magic mushrooms.

Now, let's make it-

Let's make it a sporting proposition, hmm?

I'll toss you double or nothing,

$60, or you can have

the whole batch for free.

I have a plane waiting.

Why should i do anything for the highwayman?

If it were sturdevant-

I'd go like a shot. But sturdevant's dead.

Oh, my god. Don't say they've got

you believing that whore's cry too.

Chappie, i know sturdevant.

He never would or ever

could take his own life.

Then where is he?

He's waiting, my boy.

Somewhere. Someplace.

He's waiting like a lion in a thicket.

You mark my words, chappie.

He'll come out when the time is right.

He's just waiting.

I've, uh, still got to take you back with me.

And i don't wish to go. I have a good

thing here, trading on human weakness.

I think i shall remain.

There's money involved.

A great deal of money.

$25,000 now

- No. Money can't budge me.

The whore of yesterday is dead.

Plus $100,000 on checking in

to the tillinger foundation.

125,000, eh?

It's too bad the whore of yesterday is dead.

Uh, chappie,

You just witnessed a resurrection.

Well

- Uh, no. Waiter.

No, no. We-

We've got- Oh!

Wonderful. Absolutely wonderful.

Greetings.

To the warlock from the tillinger foundation.

Greetings. The highwayman

wants you in new york.

When? Now.

Is he planning an expedition? Yes.

My hands are gone.

I'm as worthless as an

oyster for what you need.

I've waited long enough for a job like this.

I'm staking my future with a girl.

B.A.'S ready to take my place.

My orders are to bring the erector set.

You know anything about safes? Mm-Hmm.

Good. Well. This is an experimental

one we've been practicing on.

Now,

Choose your own combination, six figures,

And i'll show you what a woman can do.

Just to make it a sporting proposition,

Let's set this time bomb

for four or five minutes.

Or

- Or maybe that's a little bit long.

Tell you what. You, uh, set it

for three and a half minutes.

Go on. Go on.

Ready.

She'll work it with only one hand.

What's your pleasure? Right or left?

Either one. Do it with your feet, b.A.

Let's get down the other end of the room.

We won't get hurt at that distance.

She's a wonder, though i do say it.

She can go up a building like a human fly.

She can get in and out of anything

that harry houdini himself ever could.

No need to tell you the

tricks i've taught her.

This appealing child...

Stands before a crimson curtain

edged with heavy gold braid...

And arranged in mannered folds.

Welcome. And who's this? A surprise.

The founding fathers are

not partial to surprises.

No one is. First flight down, north wing.

I'll tell mr. Ward that you're here.

The richness of the gown

suggests marchesa demazzo.

The virgin is on his way.

But certainly she is of noble parentage

- With a surprise.

Rather than, uh, middle-Class.

A girl? You brought back a girl?

It's his daughter. He has

arthritis. He can't use his hands.

Your orders were for the erector set

himself. She's the best i've seen.

- She can do anything.

- You've seen?

And how much have you seen

in your long, varied career?

I warned you, didn't i, that none of

these modern-Day schoolboys was capable?

Capable of what? All i've seen around here

so far looks like a rummage sale of artifacts.

With one exception. This girl.

- Get him out of here. Get him out!

- Across the hall.

Wait for me there.

Well, nephew, you pleased with yourself?

No, but he didn't have to lay into me.

You took worse than that in the navy.

Have you seen what she can

do? Sure. We've seen her.

Excellent. That's not the point, nephew.

You more or less forced that girl on us.

She knows who we are and where we are.

And we're beginning to wonder

just how disinterested you are.

Don't fool yourself.

I have no interest in the girl

whatever. Oh, i didn't say you had.

In the girl. But i am beginning to wonder...

How much interest you

have in us, or against us.

You better watch it. They'll

be coding you out as hawkshaw.

Stand up, nephew. Stand up.

Now, there comes a day in the life

of every smart-Ass little boy...

When he must get his comeuppance.

I don't have any of that

high-Priced training...

In all those fancy oriental styles

that you made such good grades in,

But i'm gonna take you.

And i may kill you in the process.

So, you just take this and use

it the best way you know how.

My god. How corny can you get?

Nephew, tell me when you're ready again.

And while we're waiting for the rematch,

I think maybe you'd better

answer some questions, hmm?

Well, you've earned the right to ask 'em.

Something's bugging you, nephew.

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