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He knew that his hunches were infallible. At cards, dice, or wheels he had always had hunches and he had always won. That was why he had stopped gambling, years before, before anybody found out. He was that kind of a man. HE KNEW THAT HIS HUNCHES WERE INFALLIBLE AT CARDS DICE OR WHEELS HE HAD ALWAYS HAD HUNCHES AND HE HAD ALWAYS WON THAT WAS WHY HE HAD STOPPED GAMBLING YEARS BEFORE BEFORE ANYBODY FOUND OUT HE WAS THAT KIND OF A MAN
o I guess I wouldn't, at that." "You nor me neither, brother. But _what_ a dish! What a lovely, luscious, toothsome _dish_!" Eddie mourned. "You'll be raving about another one tomorrow," Deston said, unfeelingly, as he turned away. "I don't know; but even if I do, _she_ won't be anything like _her_," Eddie said, to the closing door. And Deston, outside the door, grinned sardonically to himself. Before his next watch, Eddie would bring up one of the prettiest girls aboard for a gold badge; the token that would let her--under approved escort, of course--go through the Top. He himself never went down to the Middle, which was passenger territory. There was nothing there he wanted. He was too busy, had too many worthwhile things to do, to waste time that way ... but the hunch was getting stronger and stronger all the time. For the first time in all his three years of deep-space service he felt an overpowering urge to go down into the very middle of the Middle; to the starship's main lounge. HE'D PROBABLY HAVE A LIVE WAITER MAYBE EVEN A BUTLER SO I GUESS I WOULDN'T AT THAT YOU NOR ME NEITHER BROTHER BUT WHAT A DISH WHAT A LOVELY LUSCIOUS TOOTHSOME DISH EDDIE MOURNED YOU'LL BE RAVING ABOUT ANOTHER ONE TOMORROW DESTON SAID UNFEELINGLY AS HE TURNED AWAY I DON'T KNOW BUT EVEN IF I DO SHE WON'T BE ANYTHING LIKE HER EDDIE SAID TO THE CLOSING DOOR AND DESTON OUTSIDE THE DOOR GRINNED SARDONICALLY TO HIMSELF BEFORE HIS NEXT WATCH EDDIE WOULD BRING UP ONE OF THE PRETTIEST GIRLS ABOARD FOR A GOLD BADGE THE TOKEN THAT WOULD LET HER UNDER APPROVED ESCORT OF COURSE GO THROUGH THE TOP HE HIMSELF NEVER WENT DOWN TO THE MIDDLE WHICH WAS PASSENGER TERRITORY THERE WAS NOTHING THERE HE WANTED HE WAS TOO BUSY HAD TOO MANY WORTHWHILE THINGS TO DO TO WASTE TIME THAT WAY BUT THE HUNCH WAS GETTING STRONGER AND STRONGER ALL THE TIME FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ALL HIS THREE YEARS OF DEEP SPACE SERVICE HE FELT AN OVERPOWERING URGE TO GO DOWN INTO THE VERY MIDDLE OF THE MIDDLE TO THE STARSHIP'S MAIN LOUNGE
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