Part 9 (1/2)
”Me? Don't be silly, Zack”
”Look, Joe, you don't have to kid me I'm your friend Even if you did tell me it wouldn't matter In the first place, I wouldn't have any proof In the second place, I'round - any A-headed and foolish Otherwise I'd join 'eht! You can say that again”
”So you were in it?”
”Huh? You're trying to trap ave my word of honor - ”
”Oh, relax!” Moyland said hastily ”Forget it I didn't hear anything; I can't tell anything Hear no evil, see no evil - that's ed the subject
The level of the bottle dropped while Moyland explained current events as he saw the to learn our lesson but the fact of the ic of progress There was a time back in '45 e could have pulled the sah to do it
World organization, world governot smeared It had to come A smart man can see that”
Benz was bleary but he did not find this comment easy to take ”Look, Zack-you don't mean you like what happened to us?”
”Like it? Of course not But it was necessary You don't have to like having a tooth pulled - but it has to be done Anyhow,” he went on, ”it's not all bad The big cities were economically unsound anyway We should have blown theht call it”
Benz banged his elass down ”Maybe so - but they made slaves out of us!”
”Take it easy, Joe,” Moyland said, filling his glass, ”you're talking abstractions The cop on the corner could push you around whenever he wanted to Is that freedom? Does it matter whether the cop talks with an Irish accent or souff talked about freedo as freedoes Free speech - we're talking freely now, aren't we?
After all, you don't want to get up on a platform and shoot off your face
Free press? When did you ever own a newspaper? Don't be a chu to find that things aren't so very different A little more orderly and no more fear of war, that's all
Girls , and the suckers still get the short end of the deal”
Benz nodded ”You're right, Zack I've been a fool”
”I'lad you see it Now take those wild ot? Freedoround, freedoreed ”Did you ever sleep in a mine, Zack? Cold That ain't half of it Dareed ”The Capehart Lode alet”
”It wasn't the Capehart; it was the Harkn - ” He caught himself and looked puzzled
”The Harkness, eh? That's the headquarters?”
”I didn't say that! You're putting words in et it” Moyland got up and dren the shade
”You didn't say anything”
”Of course I didn't” Benz stared at his glass ”Say, Zack, where do I sleep? I don't feel good”