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     He did it over and over and over again.
     He wondered if they were going to kill him, and his hand trembled, just a little, and one of the quarters dropped from his fingertip onto the stained green baize of the card table. And then, uggs discount because he just couldn't do it anymore, he put the coins away, and took out the Liberty-head dollar that Zorya Polunochnaya had given him, and held onto it tightly, and waited.
     At three in the morning, by his watch, the spooks returned to interrogate him. Two men in dark suits, with dark hair and shiny black shoes. Spooks. One was square-jawed, wide-shouldered, had great hair, looked like he ugg boots discount outlet had played football in high school, badly bitten fingernails; the other had a receding hairline, silver-rimmed round glasses, manicured nails. While they looked nothing alike, Shadow found himself suspecting that on some level, possibly cellular, the two men were identical. They stood on each side of the card table, looking down at him.
     "How long have you been working for Cargo, sir?" asked one.
     "I don't know what that discount uggs for women is," said Shadow.
     "He calls himself Wednesday. Grimm. Olfather. Old guy. You've been seen with him, sir."
     "I've been working for him for a couple of days."
     "Don't lie to us, sir," said the spook with the glasses.
     "Okay," said Shadow. "I won't. But it's still a couple of days."
     The square-jawed spook reached down and twisted Shadow's ear between finger and thumb. He squeezed as he twisted. The pain was intense. ugg boots on sale "We told you not to lie to us, sir," he said, mildly. Then he let go.
     Each of the spooks had a gun bulge under his jacket. Shadow did not try to retaliate. He pretended he was back in prison. Do your own time, thought Shadow. Don't tell them anything they don't know already. Don't ask questions.