At noon the following day he was in his rented car when Dinsmore and his bodyguard drove downtown and parked in front of a restaurant in the Old Market district. Keller waited outside for a few minutes, then found a parking space and went in after them. The hostess seated Keller just two tables away from Dinsmore. Keller ordered shrimp scampi and watched Dinsmore and the wrestler each put away an enormous steak.
A couple hours later he called Dot in White Plains. "Guy's forty pounds overweight and here I just saw him tuck into a porterhouse the size of a manhole cover," he said. "Put half a shaker of salt on it first. How much of a rush are these people in? Because they shouldn't have to wait too long before a stroke or a coronary closes the account."
"There's no cause like a natural cause," Dot said. "But you know what they say about time, Keller."
"It's of the essence?"
"Yabba dabba do," Dot said.
-- "Hit Man", Lawrence Block
A couple hours later he called Dot in White Plains. "Guy's forty pounds overweight and here I just saw him tuck into a porterhouse the size of a manhole cover," he said. "Put half a shaker of salt on it first. How much of a rush are these people in? Because they shouldn't have to wait too long before a stroke or a coronary closes the account."
"There's no cause like a natural cause," Dot said. "But you know what they say about time, Keller."
"It's of the essence?"
"Yabba dabba do," Dot said.
-- "Hit Man", Lawrence Block
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