Deathwatch (2011)
“Madec said, resting against the boulder, the rifle still poised in his hands, “we haven’t been thinking this little event all the way through.”
“You have,” Ben said. “What are you trying to do, make it look like the Hornet killed this man?”
“You see,” Madec said patiently, “you’re doing the same thing I’ve been doing—jumping to conclusions without examining the facts. So now I suggest that we both just cool off and start right from the beginning. Go through it, step by step, and see what we com...e up with.”
“Why don’t we start from right here?” Ben asked. “You pick up his feet, and I’ll pick up his head and we get him out of here. Because nobody is going to believe that a .22 Hornet blew a man’s lungs out of his back.”
Madec’s voice had a chiding, teacherlike quality. “You are not list-en-ing, Ben. You’re not thinking things through. For example, it could be that, long after this man had been shot and killed, he was shot again, with a .358, to, perhaps, create a little confusion.MoreLess
“You have,” Ben said. “What are you trying to do, make it look like the Hornet killed this man?”
“You see,” Madec said patiently, “you’re doing the same thing I’ve been doing—jumping to conclusions without examining the facts. So now I suggest that we both just cool off and start right from the beginning. Go through it, step by step, and see what we com...e up with.”
“Why don’t we start from right here?” Ben asked. “You pick up his feet, and I’ll pick up his head and we get him out of here. Because nobody is going to believe that a .22 Hornet blew a man’s lungs out of his back.”
Madec’s voice had a chiding, teacherlike quality. “You are not list-en-ing, Ben. You’re not thinking things through. For example, it could be that, long after this man had been shot and killed, he was shot again, with a .358, to, perhaps, create a little confusion.MoreLess
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