| "Yes," said the lawyer, in reply to the question he had just been asked.
"Getting your colleagues arrested on some pretext will not be difficult.
Then we split the takings seventyfive-twentyfive. I get the seventyfive,
of course. From your description, the man, the woman and the horse should
in total fetch at least three hundred gold pieces, so you should get eighty-plus
as your share." "My share doesn't sound very generous," Roddy complained.
"Well, it's much more than the thirty or so that you would have got otherwise,
assuming an equal split amongst your group. And of course, out of my share
I will have some expenses, to be spent to persuade various witnesses that
they have seen the rest of your band breaking various town ordinances.
Take it or leave it - it's up to you." "I'll take it," said Roddy rapidly.
The lawyer smiled to himself. He had known the bandit would accept his offer. He had probably never in his life had as many as eighty gold pieces in his pocket. "If you'll just tell me where your friends are likely to be drinking, I'll set the arrangements in hand. And I'll need to know where the goods are being held, so that I can have the man left on guard dealt with.
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Roddy wasn't born yesterday. "No," he said.
"I'll deal with Lester. You'll see the goods at the auctioneer's and not
before."