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All things considered it was a neat enough arrangement,but by no means a plan without obvious flaws. On the rare occasions Hannah had discussed the conse\ quences of crime with Ikey, he had pointed out to her thatthe crime of forgery carried the hangman's noose, thedeath penalty. Ikey had trained him as a pickpocket90: he never amounted to greatness for he refused to workI a team. You know, prices are funny, he said.