But it wasn’t fine, and Kurt wouldn’t give it up. He kept on beating his head against the blank wall, and every time Alan saw him, he was grimmer than the last.“Let itgo,” Adam said. “I’ve done a deal with the vacuum-cleaner repair guy across the street.” A weird-but-sweet old Polish Holocaust survivor who’d listened attentively to Andy’s pitch before announcing that he’d been watching all the hardware go up around the Market and had simply been waiting to be included in the club. “That’ll cover that corner just fine.”“I’m going to throw a party,” Kurt said. “Here, in the shop. No, I’ll rent out one of the warehouses on Oxford. I’ll invite them, the kids, everyone who’s let us put up an access point, a big mill-and-swill. Buy a couple kegs. No one can resist free beer.”Alan had started off frustrated and angry with Kurt, but this drew him up and turned him around. “That is afineidea,” he said. “We’ll invite Lyman.”
But it wasn’t fine, and Kurt wouldn’t give it up. He kept on beating his head against the blank wall, and every time Alan saw him, he was grimmer than the last.
“Let itgo,” Adam said. “I’ve done a deal with the vacuum-cleaner repair guy across the street.” A weird-but-sweet old Polish Holocaust survivor who’d listened attentively to Andy’s pitch before announcing that he’d been watching all the hardware go up around the Market and had simply been waiting to be included in the club. “That’ll cover that corner just fine.”
“I’m going to throw a party,” Kurt said. “Here, in the shop. No, I’ll rent out one of the warehouses on Oxford. I’ll invite them, the kids, everyone who’s let us put up an access point, a big mill-and-swill. Buy a couple kegs. No one can resist free beer.”
Alan had started off frustrated and angry with Kurt, but this drew him up and turned him around. “That is afineidea,” he said. “We’ll invite Lyman.”