Nine Figs in the Flapjack ch.6, p.9


Dire Image in its Own Resealable Slice
            “How’ll we know the subject?” one of the chunkier men asked.
            “Look for a particular silvery hue of whiteness to the man’s shoes,” French Comanche replied, looking at each man in turn.  He wore a fedora cocked at an angle more appropriate to jumping a long row of transfer trucks before a crowd of folks in Las Vegas.
            “A particular silver hue of whiteness?” Carl, the only one among them with any sense, questioned.
            “That’s what’s written on the card,” Comanche explained, holding up the grimy paper object from which he took his orders.
            Disgusted by the entire operation, Carl later warned me with a card of his own.

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