the shooting stopped , they looked up at Bullet.
50 "Listen, fella," the man suggested, "you're making a big mistake!
There's plenty here and we can be long gone before anybody knows."
51 Bullet looked in the vault. It was FULL of money, far more than this
operation could have made, and there were also, computer tapes and
ledger books. "A Hood bank!" he whispered, half to himself.
52 "Yes," the man agreed, "and you know what they'll do to you if you
touch it. You'll be a walking dead man. Be smart. Let us get out of
here. You'll be rich ...filthy rich! Buy anything you want!"
53 Bullet turned the barrel of the rifle towards him. "Look," the man
stuttered, "I confess to everything! I'll tell you anything you want
to know. Don't kill me, please don't!"
54 "Oh, shut up!" the woman screamed, "Die like a man, you sniveling
worm!" The man suddenly grabbed her, shoved her into Bullet, and ran
for the door, into another room. The machine rifle cut him down in the
doorway. The woman lay on the floor where Bullet had thrown her. "I
don't suppose it will do any good for me to confess, either," the woman
asked.
55 "Do you know what went on downstairs?" Bullet asked. The woman
nodded. "Then give me one good reason you should live."
56 "I'm very beautiful," the woman suggested, "I could keep you and
your friends happy."
57 "I don't think your kind," Bullet answered, "would interest them at
all. I know you don't interest me."
58 "That's a pity," the woman sighed, as she watched Bullet lower the
rifle and take out his pistol. She sat up on her knees. "A bullet makes
such an awful mess," she said, "but I suppose it's quick."
59 She took the pistol between her hands and put it against her
forehead. Bullet could imagine that his