I took Miss Wonderly’s arm and we crossed to the elevator.

The cage doors slid back the second or so after I’d rung.

“Going down, sir?” the attendant said. It was the guy who’d sworn he’d taken Herrick up to my room.

I pulled him out of the cage, and hit him between the eyes. He fell down and lay as quiet as a mouse.

I pushed Miss Wonderly into the cage and stepped in myself.

“Going down,” I said, smiling at the attendant, and closed the cage doors.

Chapter Two

THE HEAT

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“Do they know where you live?” I asked Miss Wonderly, as I shot the Buick out of the hotel garage.