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she decked him. Consequently I decided to comply with
her rather annoying request.

"The Boss wants us to find out how the goods of a
particular establishment is successfully wanderin' off the
premises without detection," I sez. "To that end I am
to intermingle with the workers as one of them to see if
I can determine how this is bein' accomplished."

"And . . ." she sez, givin' me the hairy eyeball.

"... And you are to do the same, only with the office
types. At the end of a week we are to regroup in order
that we may compare observations and see if we are
perhaps barkin' up the wrong tree."

"And ..." she sez again, lookin' a trifle agitated.

At this point I commence to grow a trifle nervous, for

while she is obviously expectin' me to continue in my
oration, I have run out of instructions to reiterate.

". . . And . . . ummm ..." I sez, tryin' to think of
what I have overlooked.

". . . And not to start any trouble!" she finishes,
lookin' at me hard-like. "Right?"

"Yeah. Sure, Bunny."

"Say it!"

"... And not to start any trouble."

Now I am more than a little hurt that Bunny feels it
is necessary to bring this point to my attention so forceful
like, as in my opinion it is not in my nature to start
trouble under any circumstances. Both Nunzio and me
go out of our way to avoid any unnecessary disputes of
a violent nature, and only bestir ourselves to bring such
difficulties to a halt once they are thrust upon us. I do
not, however, bring my injured feelings to Bunny's atten-
tion as I know she is a swell person who would not
deliberately inflict such wounds upon the self-image of
a delicate person such as myself. She is merely nervous
as to the successful completion of the pending job, as I
have previously orated, and would only feel bad if I were
to let on how callous and heartless she was behavin'.
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