“Exactly as I tell you to.”

“For how long?”

“Perhaps two or three weeks.”

“In order to get out?”

“Partly that. The rest of it is the price I’m charging for getting you out.”

She looked puzzled. “Are you just making a cold-blooded proposition to me?”

“It isn’t a proposition.”

“What is it?”

“A business arrangement.”

“What do you want with me?”