,byPeterMcDermott,theassistantgeneralmanager.Thoughitstrikeshimasodd,Peterdoesnotlinkthisupwiththehit-and-ident.Hecontactspoliceheadquartersrightaway.Bythistime,OgilviehascrossedLouisianaandMississippi,drivingbynightandconcealingthecarbyday.Hethinksthateverythingisgoingsmoothly,littleknowingthatheisalreadybeingfollowedbytheHighwaypatrolcruisers.InTennessee,heiscaughtandsentbacktoNewOrleans.BackgroundinformationAtfirsttheDuchesstriestodenyeverything,butdoesn’eedinconvincingthepolice.eforhim,wishingtosavethelittleshredsofdecencyleftinhim.Hetakesanelevatortogodown.Thiselevatorwhichhasbeenoutoforderforsometimeandbadlyinneedofrepairbreaksdown.Asitgoesdown,onesetofclampsholdsandtheotherfails.Theelevatorcartwists,bucklesandsplitsopen,throwingtheDukeninefloorsdowntothecementground.Hediesinstantly.
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