Chapter 12

“Well?” “There’s deer around here . . . sloughs of ’em. I potted one last night, and it was the side jump I took to see what come of it that done me in like this.” He added: “I got an idea that maybe you could get a deer for us, Friedman. For yourself and me and the dog is what I mean, y’understand?” “I understand.” “Well?” “I couldn’t hit a deer.” “You can when you have to. If you couldn’t hit a deer, how can you expect to hit me?” “I know. That’s bad. Well,” agreed Friedman, “I’ll go out and call the deer, Hagger…