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30. Granny P’s fruit farm! Can I help you?
31. I want to speak with the boss
32. I beg your pardon?
33. Tell the boss that Roger Temple wants to speak with him
34. Very well. Excuse me, sir. There’s a most unpleasant man on the phone, called Roger Temple.
35. Roger Temple? How can that be? Give me the phone
36. Hello
37. Hello , Mr. P. You know who I am, don’t you.
38. Possibly
39. You thought you’d got me out of the way when I went to prison, didn’t you?
40. Well, you were wrong. Thanks to Hugo Peters, I know a lot about you and your : “business”.
41. If I spoke to the police, they would come around to your ”farm” in ten seconds.
42. You wouldn’t want that to happen, would you, Mr. P?
43. Go on.
44. I’m right here on this island, Mr. P, and I’m ready to make a deal with you
45. If you pay me two million dollars in used bills, I’ll go away.
46. A long way from here—and I’ll never bother you again. Is it a deal?
47. Very well
48. There’s a place called Dead Man’s Hill
49. It’s on the road from Siparia that goes along the south coast of the island
50. My men will be there with the money in three hours. They’ll be in a white Cadillac, plate number PEC 99
51. OK, I’ll be in a black Toyota
52. What was that all about, sir?
53. The dumb bastard! Temple’s even more of a fool than Hugo Peters.
54. He thinks he can blackmail me and get away with it.
55. Ho-ho-ho; very funny!
56. Yes it is . I’ll have to get rid of him, of course, And also that other fool, Peters
57. He’s made just one too many dumb mistakes.
58. Yes, sir. Of course.
59. I want you to go and get the white car, and take two of the boys down to Dead Man’s Hill.
60. And before you go, find me Maiu and Obi.
61. Yes, sir.
62. And send them off to Washdon straight away, to look for Hugo Peters.
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