". Lobdell burst into the main house with his weapon up in both hands. Nick followed close behind him scanning the dark interior. Big room. Big house. Smell of blood and gunpowder. Marcello dead on the floor right under them, gun out. Looked like he had been shot eight or ten times. Two guys dead across from him Nick didn't recognize. In the far end of the room, Cortazar slouched dead on a big steerhide couch. Hands at his sides and no weapon out. Like he'd come in, sat on the couch, and been slaughtered. Another man on the kitchen floor Nick didn't recognize. Marcello had taken down three but not enough." (pp 294-5)
In 1975, KT and I continued on down Mexico State 1 the next morning after our fish-feast with the four locals, and the next memorable event occurred after we stopped that afternoon on another beach. The beach was nice but after an hour or so, a young man came around the corner and walked toward us with a distinctly hostile swagger.
He told me that where we were was not a public beach, so I owed him dinero to stay the nite. I remember that he asked for a hundred pesos and I told him I'd give him ten and held out a ten peso bill; but, I told him, I don't want to see you again, and we'll be leaving in the morning. There was an awkward moment, and then he took the bill and sauntered off. KT and I didn't enjoy the beach much at all afterwards, and that nite we just got stoned in the bus with shut and locked doors, with the top pulled back to watch the stars, and then we shut the top and went to sleep. In any case the nite passed uneventfully, and we went on our way the next morning.
The last section of Chapter 31 of
"The border wait {returning to the U.S -- GLR} was long, though Nick had no way of knowing this. He was aware, then unaware, lucid one moment and nearly unconscious the next. Lucky had covered him with a blanket".Then he felt Lobdell putting something between either his right hand or his left (and) heard Lobdell explaining he was going to light this just before they got up to the Mexican customs guy, and if Nick could take one puff on it and nod, that would really help them out"." (p 300)
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