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Elaine’s, late
Stone Barrington blew into Elaine’s, later than usual Dino Bacchetti, his for dinner
“Where the hell have you been?” Dino asked
“ Spokane, Washington,” Stone replied “I told you, remember?”
“I don’t re anymore,” Dino said “That’s Genevieve’s job, now” Genevieve Jaular since his divorce “What were you doing in Spokane?”
“I’ine ripped off ine, turning a propeller”
A waiter set a Knob Creek on the rocks before hiratefully
“But why are you late? Dinner o hours ago”
“Because ht was late”
“You don’t take the airlines; you have an airplane”
“Dino, having sex again is addling your brain I left the airplane in Spokane; the work takes threejob”
“Right”
Stone put several letters on the table and began opening them
“You getting your mail here now?”
“No, I stopped to drop off rabbed the mail on the way out the door”
Elaine ca your e extra for that”
Stone put down theit here?”
“Don’t make a habit of it,” she replied “People will think you’re living in my back room”
“You don’t have a back room”
“That won’t stop the it”
“Your logic is unassailable,” Stone said, shoving thehis drink
A waiter appeared with a menu