Soon after his meeting with Max Fritter, Craven Danger stepped out of his office to tell Betty they were going to Coney Island in search of Reuben Stuttered, the singing guitar player.
I’d never seen her before, but as the train approached, I grabbed her hand and held on. Instinct made me do it. It was the way she stood there on the platform staring down at the tracks.
Betty ran across the hall to Maxwell Fritter’s talent agency to get some ice for Craven Danger. Max was a man who liked to keep plenty of ice on hand. Not for drinks, though.