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Dunny dares to ask, “May I continue to protect Ethan?”“After your repeated breaches, I’d be justified in removing you now. There must be standards for guardian angels, don’t you think? Something more than good intentions. The position ought to require greater ethics than those of United States senators and cardsharps.”Typhon rises from his chair, and Dunny gets quickly to his feet, as well.“Nevertheless, dear boy, I’m inclined to cut you , minute by minute, you must watch your step.”By foot, Dunny leaves the restaurant and follows the wharf into mists reverberant with the low, hollow notes of boat horns. Traveling by fog, by the moonlight above the fog, and by the idea of Palazzo Rospo in Bel Air, he departs and makes his journey and arrives all at the same time.some slack this one last time.”Dunny accepts his mentor’s offered handshake. “Thank you, sir.”“But understand that you’re on a minute-by-minute reprieve. If you can’t operate within the terms of agreement, then your authority and powers will be at once revoked, and you will instantly be sent will be fending for himself.”“I’ll walk the line.”Putting one hand on Dunny’s shoulder, squeezing affectionately, like a father counseling a son, Typhon says, “Dear boy, you’ve walked a crooked line so long that keeping to a straight one isn’t easy. But now
Sunday, December 21, 2008
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