human
Burris isn't in, Malone, he said.
gpt
He had to fly to Miami. I can get a call through to him on the plane, if it's urgent, but he'll be landing in about fifteen minutes. And he did say he'd call in this afternoon.
human
Oh, Malone said.
gpt
Sure. O.K. It isn't urgent. He was just as glad of the reprieve; it gave him one more chance to work matters through to a solution, and hand it to Burris on a silver platter.
human
But why Miami?
gpt
Don't you hear about anything any more?
human
I've been on vacation.
gpt
Oh, Wolf said.
human
Well, the Governor of Mississippi was assassinated yesterday, at Miami Beach.
gpt
Ah, Malone said. He thought about it for a second.
human
Frankly, he said,
gpt
You express my views precisely,
human
How about the killer? Malone said.
gpt
I gather they haven't got him yet, or Burris wouldn't be on his way down.
human
No, Wolf said.
gpt
The killer would be on his way here instead. But you know how things are--everything's confused. Governor Flarion was walking along Collins Avenue when somebody fired at him, using a high-powered rifle with, I guess, a scope sight.
human
Professional,
gpt
It looks like it, Wolf said.
human
And he picked the right time for it, too--the way things are he was just one more confusion among the rest. Nobody even heard the sniper's shot; the governor just fell over, right there in the street. And by the time his bodyguards found out what had happened, it was impossible even to be sure just which way he was facing when the shot had been fired.
gpt
And as I remember Collins Avenue--
human
Right, Wolf said.
gpt
But it's even worse now, with everything going nuts. Out where Governor Flarion was taking his stroll, there's an awful lot of it to search. The boys are trying to find somebody who saw a man acting suspicious in any of the nearby buildings, or heard a shot, or saw anybody at all lurking or loitering anywhere near to the scene.
human
Lovely, Malone said.
gpt
Sounds like a nice complicated job.
human
You don't know the half of it, Wolf said.
gpt
There's also the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce. According to them, Flarion died of a heart attack, and not even in Miami Beach. Everything happening down there isn't happening, according to them; Miami Beach is the one unsullied beauty spot in a mixed-up United States.
human
All I can say, Malone offered,
gpt
Agreed, Wolf said.
human
Want me to tell Burris you called?
gpt
Right,