“Ten thousand,” said Sondheim.
“And them women out of this,” added Bromberg.
“Or ve get you,” ended Kastner in his deadly voice.
Puma lifted his head and looked intently at each one of them in turn. And seemed presently to come to some conclusion.
Kastner forestalled him: “You try it some monkey trick and you try it no more effer again.”
“What’s your date for the cash?” insisted Sondheim.
“February first,” replied Puma quietly.
Kastner wrote it on the back of an envelope.
“Und dese vimmen?” he inquired.
“I’ll get a lawyer–––”