Knuckles Florio sat behind a desk the size of Butler Field. He had a cigar in his mouth and a carnation in his lapel. A woman was standing behind his chair with her hands on the sides of his head massaging his temples.
Florio looked at Marston and whispered something to the woman. The woman said something to a thug sitting in a chair near the wall. The thug said something to the gorillas standing at Marston’s sides.
The gorilla with the Tommy gun sat down. The one with the automatic in his mitt shoved it into Marston’s ribs. He said, “Into the washroom. Mr. Florio don’t want ta talk ta you till you get cleaned up.”
With the automatic in his ribs Marston managed to wobble out of the sitting room and through a bedroom into the washroom and slump over the sink. The gorilla threw a towel at
