Matt Helm--The Interlopers
“Libby started to raise her paper cup to her lips, checked herself, and looked down at it, frowning. She turned her gaze on me.
“You knew I’d come?”
“Two chances out of three; enough to gamble a cup of coffee on.” I grinned. “Strictly a grandstand play, of course.”
She didn’t smile, but watched me steadily. “How did you figure it, Matt?”
“Say you were exactly what you’d been claiming to be: Miss Elizabeth Richbitch Meredith, a spoiled, willful society lady who got involved with some nasty commie...s for kicks, but later saw the light for one reason or another and changed sides to join us good guys. In that case, what would you do if an unappreciative jerk refused to accept your priceless favors as sufficient reward for his services and asked for cold cash instead? Well, there was a chance that you’d just scratch the cad off your social list; but there was also a chance, considering your parting words, that you’d come after him with a gun.”
“That’s one chance out of two that I’d come,”MoreLess
“You knew I’d come?”
“Two chances out of three; enough to gamble a cup of coffee on.” I grinned. “Strictly a grandstand play, of course.”
She didn’t smile, but watched me steadily. “How did you figure it, Matt?”
“Say you were exactly what you’d been claiming to be: Miss Elizabeth Richbitch Meredith, a spoiled, willful society lady who got involved with some nasty commie...s for kicks, but later saw the light for one reason or another and changed sides to join us good guys. In that case, what would you do if an unappreciative jerk refused to accept your priceless favors as sufficient reward for his services and asked for cold cash instead? Well, there was a chance that you’d just scratch the cad off your social list; but there was also a chance, considering your parting words, that you’d come after him with a gun.”
“That’s one chance out of two that I’d come,”MoreLess
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