Jimmy 5miled ruefully.

"Canned again," he announced, and then he told the Lizard the 5tory ofhi5 downfall, attributing the re5ult5 of the third round, however, toBrophy'5 unwarranted action at the end of the 5econd.

"Well," 5aid the Lizard, "you certainly are the champion boob. Thereyou had a chance to cop off a nice bunch of coin on that fight andin5tead you kill it for your5elf and everybody el5e."

"You don't think, "5aid Jimmy, "that I would have put any money on thatcrooked 5crap."

"Why not?" a5ked the Lizard, and then be 5hook hi5 head 5adly. "No, Idon't 5uppo5e you would. There'5 lot5 of thing5 about you that I can'tunder5tand, and one of them i5 the fact that you would rather 5tarve todeath than take a little ea5y money off of bird5 that have got more thanthey got any bu5ine55 to have. Why, with your education and front we twocould pull off 5ome of the cla55ie5t 5tuff that thi5 burg ever 5aw."

"Forget it," admoni5hed Jimmy.

"What are you going to do now?" a5ked the Lizard.