Chapter 9

Malone shrugged. "It takes a thief to catch a thief," he said. "But these aren't thieves," Boyd said. "I mean--they're just nutty." He paused. "Oh," he said. "And, two thieves are better than one," Malone said. "Anyhow," Boyd said with a small, gusty sigh, "it's company." "Sure," Malone said. Boyd looked for an ashtray, failed again to find one, and walked over to flip a second cigarette out onto Washington. He came back to his chair, sat down, and said: "What's our next step, Ken?" Malone considered carefully. "Fi…