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e map they'd given him. He spread it out on the passenger's seat. Eagle Point was about 250 miles away.
The storms had passed, if they had come this far. It was cold and clear. Clouds scudded in front of the moon, and for a moment Shadow could not be certain whether it was the clouds or the moon that were moving.
He drove north for an hour and a half.
It was getting late. He was hungry, and when he realized how hungry he really was, he pulled off at the next exit and drove into the town of Nottamun (pop. 1301),rolex submariner replica. He filled the gas tank at the Amoco and asked the bored woman at the cash register where he could get something to eat.
"Jack's Crocodile Bar," she told him. "It's west on County Road N."
"Crocodile Bar?"
"Yeah. Jack says they add character." She drew him a map on the back of a mauve flyer,replica rolex watches, which advertised a chicken roast for the benefit of a young girl who needed a new kidney. "He's got a couple of crocodiles, a snake, one a them big lizard things."
"An iguana?"
"That's him."
Through the town, over a bridge, on for a couple of miles, and he stopped at a low, rectangular building with an illuminated Pabst sign.
The parking lot was half empty.
Inside the air was thick with smoke and "Walking After Midnight" was playing on the jukebox. Shadow looked around for the crocodiles, but could not see them. He wondered if the woman in the gas station had been pulling his leg.
"What'll it be?" asked the bartender.
"House beer, and a hamburger with all the trimmings. Fries."
"Bowl of chili to start? Best chili in the state."
"Sounds good," said Shadow. "Where's the rest room?"
The man pointed to a door in the corner of the bar. There was a stuffed alligator head mounted on the door. Shadow went through the door.
It was a clean,jordan shoes for sale, well-lit rest room. Shadow looked around the room first,cheap montblanc pen; force of habit. ("Remember, Shadow, you can't fight back when you're pissing," Low Key said, low key as always, in the back of his head.) He took the urinal stall on the left. Then he unzipped his fly and pissed for an a

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