The Gondola Scam
“—LOVEJOY A story for Lai, Jackie, Pam, Elizabeth, Roy, and Susan as always, plus Ruth and Al's mob on the Venice run.
"Death and Venice go together.”
—James Morris, Venice, 1960 "This place won't last long.”
Old lady, on arriving in Venice. —E. V. Lucas, A Wanderer in Venice, 1923 scam (skam) n. slang. A fraudulent scheme, especially one for making money quickly.
The Gondola Scam 1 Usually people say women come first. Other times it's money, survival, anger, ambition. But deep d...own it's none of these delectables.
It's antiques.
Antiques are everything. First, last, every single thing.
Forever and ever.
Fingers tapped on the table, regular as a metronome. Dup, dup they went. And the price rose in tens with each tap from the ring of dealers. Dup. Ten. Dup. Plus ten. Dup. Another ten. And another and another. My face felt white.
Ever been on tenterhooks for nothing? Think of an illegal auction in a seedy upstairs pub room.MoreLess
"Death and Venice go together.”
—James Morris, Venice, 1960 "This place won't last long.”
Old lady, on arriving in Venice. —E. V. Lucas, A Wanderer in Venice, 1923 scam (skam) n. slang. A fraudulent scheme, especially one for making money quickly.
The Gondola Scam 1 Usually people say women come first. Other times it's money, survival, anger, ambition. But deep d...own it's none of these delectables.
It's antiques.
Antiques are everything. First, last, every single thing.
Forever and ever.
Fingers tapped on the table, regular as a metronome. Dup, dup they went. And the price rose in tens with each tap from the ring of dealers. Dup. Ten. Dup. Plus ten. Dup. Another ten. And another and another. My face felt white.
Ever been on tenterhooks for nothing? Think of an illegal auction in a seedy upstairs pub room.MoreLess
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