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"We were talking about why Lawrence had the jewels with him," Lilly reminded him.
Al shrugged. "Nobody ever found out, but I'd bet my last contract that's why he was killed."
"Would Hulda know anything more about that rumor than what he told you?" Paul asked him.
"You mean if Hulda is holding out on us?" Al guessed, and Paul nodded. "He might be. I had a heck of a time getting anything out of him. The guy's so nervous about bad publicity and for others not to talk about it that he's convinced himself not to talk about it."
"Ask him again and see if he doesn't know anything more," Paul commanded him.
"There's one problem," Al mused as he nodded at the ladies opposite him. "Hulda probably won't say a word if anybody else is there with me, and if I'm not with them they might end
