All the same, it was a thrill to discover a clue that Rene would have thrown away if he'd been the one looking.
I tossed it casually in the air and showed it to Rene.
"Know what that is?" I asked.
"Slug for a halfdec slot machine?"
"Nope. Know what I can do with it?"
He didn't say.
"I'm going to open Uncle Izzy's ship from the inside."
Rene lighted a fresh cigarette from the old one and let the smoke out of his nose. It gave rather the impression of a bull resting between picadors.
"Can you show me, on the outside, approximately where the button is that you push on the inside to unseal the ship?" I inquired casually.