Oh, that, she said. Sit tight and dont be frightened. Im accustomed to canoes. I wont tip it over. More key slashes and another screen came up with the bios. Why would anyone want to kill her? Mason said,I am in a hurry. I have here a certified check for thirty-two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars as the purchase price of your stock. In precisely fifteen seconds Im going to walk out of this office. If I should renew my offer tomorrow morning, it will be for twenty thousand. If that isnot accepted I will offer you twelve thousand tomorrow afternoon. The day after tomorrow the price will be ten thousand. The following day I wont want it at any price. No need to mention that the place stank. It only matters, Devine, toyou. But I would say this: Life is a long enough journey without having onlynegative motivations to get your ass out of bed every day. What Im offering you is, once again, something positive to do with your life in serving your country. And its not just moneymaking thats going on at Cowl, Devine. I’m not sure exactly what is going on there, but it’s more than the dollars. Now, I think it’s time we both got back to work. Campbell inclined his head toward the door. Fred, Stone said, get us over to the FDR Drive and turn south. Lets see if were wagging a tail. When we get to the Brooklyn Bridge, do a U-turn and go back to the Upper East Side. Jenna, where do you want to start? Make it soon, she said. Woke you up, didnt I? Dino asked unapologetically. Dino was holstering his gun.Whatcha got? No roommates? Suppose the corporation doesnt accept the contractors offer? Folks, if you dont mind, thanks, butted in the cop. Well, Mr. Mason … I, personally, am not afraid of him. When he is crossed he has rages that are terrible. When Corrine disappeared in this fit of suicidal despondency, I fear it may have been caused in part by a difference of opinion she was having with him. He flew down to South America to get her to sign some papers. It is my understanding that she first turned him down, then refused to see him after that and … Well, you know the rest … Frankly I dont feel he ever forgave the poor sick girl for not yielding to his demands. There you go, thinking like a Harvard MBA again. Thats what I thought. But apparently whoever he was trying to get the money from decided that he wasnt worth it, or didnt trust him, so they had him killed. I guess they had Sally Raines killed for about the same reason. She must have known what Max knew. I don’t know whether she tried to cash in on it or not, but it doesn’t much matter. She’s just as dead either way. I came from nothing, Cowl began in his address to the class of newbies. And built everything you see here entirely on my own. Thats right. Both sure losers. Mason leaned to the paddle and started for the lights on the landing at the canoe club..