Chapter 19

The Pipes

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She did not ask him for the documents that day. She asked him for something much smaller, because Grace had spent fourteen months teaching her that you never ask for the big thing first, and because she had worked out in the car that Elias Kane could not survive being asked for it yet.

"Don't take anything," she said. "Don't copy anything. Don't do a single thing that would end you." She turned in the seat. "Just tell me if anything changes. That's all. If Fund III moves, if he starts selling early, if anyone asks about Sandhu — you ring me and you say the pipes have gone in the house and can I recommend somebody."