Berg said: “O.K. That’s a bet.” He picked up his glass. He said: “Well, here’s to it. I’m all yours.”
Calsimo said: “I’ll tell you something.” He finished his own drink. “I’m glad you done this, Berg. With you, we’re goin’ places. With you, this man’s town belongs to me in about three weeks.”
Berg said: “Why three weeks? I should think it would take about three days.”
Calsimo said: “Yeah? But there’s just one little thing. All this is fine, but there’s just one little thing.”
Berg said: “What’s the little thing?”
Calsimo looked at him. He said: “You couldn’t guess, could you? Look, I gotta have Scansci. You come over to me an’ everything’s fine. You get the jake. We look after you. So you sort of got to give us a guarantee, see? We gotta have Scansci. You got me?”
Berg said: “Sure, t
