For Mott, spying on the writer on the ferry had been a disappointment. His boss had made Wake out to be something special. He'd gotten a good, long look of the wife, though, and liked what he saw. Mott had fantasized about goading Wake into a fight, but it hadn't happened. Still, he'd get his chance to see if the writer had anything in him.
He'd been promised as much.
Departure Manuscript: Mott on the Ferry
