Abe grunted, "Let's hold another convention. This is like old home town week."
Her eyes went from one of them to the other. "You're not hurt?"
"Nobody hurt, but the cat did all the shooting got away," Abe said unhappily.
Jake said, and his voice was worried, "Isobel told me what happened. It sounds insane."
They discussed it for a while and got exactly nowhere. Their conversation was interrupted by a clicking at Homer Crawford's wrist. He looked down at the tiny portable radio.
"Excuse me for a moment," he said to the others and went off a dozen steps or so to the side.
They looked after him.
Elmer Allen said sourly, "Another assignment. What we need is a union."
Abe adopted the idea. "Man! Time and a half for overtime."
"With a special cost of living clause—" Kenny Ballalou added.