“Don’t we let them know who is coming?” he asked. “I thought we would have to tell the fellow inside — “
“No, no,” replied Le Blanc. “These people don’t mean anything to us. We haven’t begun to work yet. Wait a while, until some of the gunmen begin to come in. That’s when we’ve got to keep a real look-out.”
“Why?”
“Listen close, Vincent,” said Joe le Blanc. “Marmosa tells me you don’t know anything about this racket.
“That’s all right. You’ve got to learn, and I’m here to tell you. There’s going to be a pile of dough spent in that place tonight. You savvy that, don’t you?”
“Of course.”
“Well, who gets the dough?”
“Frank Marmosa.”
“Sure, but he pays a lot of it out — to several places. There’s a lot of cuts, fixing the coppers, and everything else, but the real jack goes to the big shot.”
“Who’s the big shot?”