7.1



Alvin and I crouched behind a sycamore tree about 15 yards away from a group of people--I couldn't tell if they were male or female or both -- standing in a circle with some sort of plastic wrap covering their faces. They all held candles.

One of them stood in the middle of the circle and addressed the others.

ALVIN:Are these guys a piece of work, or what? I can’t believe they’re still around. You know Mace, this reminds me of the old days on the Force when we used to go under co--
MACE:Ssh! Keep it down, Alvin. Jesus. you couldn't talk any louder if you had a megaphone. You're gonna blow our cover. Tell me about it later.