human
About the money--
gpt
The place is making half of what I'm losing, he said.
human
You got to see it this way, Malone: the contacts are gone.
gpt
Contacts?
human
The mayor's resigned, remember? he said.
gpt
You saw that. Everybody's getting investigated. A couple of weeks ago the Golden Palace guy knocked himself off, and where does that leave me? He's my only contact with half the State boys; hell, he ran the whole string of clubs here, more or less. Castelnuovo knows all that.
human
Sure, Malone said.
gpt
But you can make new contacts.
human
Where? Palveri said. He flung out his arms.
gpt
When nobody knows what's going to happen tomorrow? I tell you, Malone, it's like a curse on me.
human
Castelnuovo, he said with what he hoped was a steely glint in his eyes,
gpt
Primo Palveri don't like it either, Palveri said.
human
You think whatever you like but that's the way things are. It's like Prohibition except we're losing all the way down the line. Listen, and I'll tell you something you didn't pick up around town.
gpt
Go ahead,
human
You know about the shipments? he said.
gpt
The stuff from out on the desert?