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"Assess you eight thousand dollars," Maragon concluded. He got wearily to his feet, and started to pad past me toward the door. "Mr. Bupp will collect," he said. I SESS YOU EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS MARIGON CONCLUDED HE GOT WEARILY TO HIS FEET AND STARTED TO PAD PAST ME TOWARD THE DOOR MISTER BUMP WILL COLLECT HE SAID
ker winnings, to say the least." My stomach dropped. I hadn't thought of that, not as much as I should have. It was my only income! "Something a darn sight more important than money is involved," I said. "Maybe you aren't such a bad guy," he decided. He looked over at the woman standing silently in her slip beside his desk, her bare arms folded over her ample bosom. "How about it, Milly?" he asked her. She shrugged. "He believes what he says," she told him. "He honestly doesn't think he has any psi powers." "That mitigates the affair," Maragon said. "Still, our purpose demands an object lesson. I have to fine you, Mr. Robertson. You've broken one of our rules by using TK to stack a poker deck. Because you weren't aware of it, though, half of your fine will be remitted if you join the Lodge within a week. Accordingly I assess you ... uh, how much, Milly?" he asked. "He's got eight thousand and some in his breast pocket," she said with fiendish accuracy. "Every penny he has in the world. OU'D TELL ME WE'D COST YOU A FORTUNE IN PERSPECTIVE POKER WINNINGS TO SAY THE LEAST MY STOMACH DROPPED I HADN'T THOUGHT OF THAT NOT AS MUCH AS I SHOULD HAVE IT WAS MY ONLY INCOME SOMETHING A DARN SIGHT MORE IMPORTANT THAN MONEY IS INVOLVED I SAID MAYBE YOU AREN'T SUCH A BAD GUY HE DECIDED HE LOOKED OVER AT THE WOMAN STANDING SILENTLY IN HER SLIP BESIDE HIS DESK HER BARE ARMS FOLDED OVER HER AMPLE BOSOM HOW ABOUT IT MILLY HE ASKED HER SHE SHRUGGED HE BELIEVES WHAT HE SAYS SHE TOLD HIM HE HONESTLY DOESN'T THINK HE HAS ANY SIDE POWERS THAT MITIGATES THE AFFAIR MARIGAN SAID STILL OUR PURPOSE DEMANDS AN OBJECT LESSON I HAVE TO FIND YOU MISTER ROBERTSON WE'VE BROKEN ONE OF OUR RULES BY USING T K TO STACK A POKER DECK BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T AWARE OF IT THOUGH HALF OF YOUR FINE WILL BE REMITTED IF YOU JOIN THE LODGE WITHIN A WEEK ACCORDINGLY I ASSESS YOU UH HOW MUCH MILLY HE ASKED HE'S GOT EIGHT THOUSAND AND SOME IN HIS BREAST POCKET SHE SAID WITH FIENDISH ACCURACY EVERY PENNY HE HAS IN THE WORLD
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