“I think it could,” returned the enforcer, speaking to Larrigan. “But we will have to be careful. He might suspect something, now that you are with us. Give me time, Mike, and I can do it.”

“All right,” agreed Larrigan.

“One moment,” Savoli spoke seriously. “We must not hurry this, Larrigan. It must not disturb our plans to work together.

“I tell you what we will do. There are other men in Chicago who should be working for me. I can give them all territory — not as good as yours, but territory that will please them. Suppose we call a meeting, two nights from now. Could you arrange it, Borrango?”

Nick looked significantly at the enforcer as he finished his short talk. Borrango was secretly elated. Savoli had cleverly turned the course of events into a great plan which he and the big shot had arranged.

“You mean, can I get them all to be there? Morgan, Salvis, Pietro — “

Savoli interrupted the listing.

“I mean all of them that count,” he said. “Every man that has a mob. So we can work together from now on.”

“I can do it,” said Borrango, “if they know Larrigan is coming with us. He’s bigger than any of them.”

“I’ll be with you,” announced Larrigan. “But remember, I get Monk Thurman when you find him.”