that the police were always on our tails . `` you have enough money to retire from that silly job of yours and do something useful with your life . `` my office could certainly use someone like you , '' he said . `` it sounds fun but what if we 're caught ? '' somewhere a can that had been jostled to the very edge of its shelf by the thump , earthquake , whatever it had been , fell off with a delayed clatter . `` morning , hunter , '' he managed , his voice hoarse . 