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* * * * * Lefty, whom Maragon had called Wally Bupp, walked around behind the desk and took the swivel chair that the older man had just vacated. "I'll take the eight thousand now, Tex," he said, poking his chin at me belligerently. PUBLIC DOMAIN LEFTY WHOM MARAGON HAD CALLED WALLY BUB WALKED AROUND BEHIND THE DESK AND TOOK THE SWIVEL CHAIR THAT THE OLDER MAN HAD JUST VACATED I'LL TAKE THE EIGHT THOUSAND NOW TEX HE SAID POKING HIS CHIN AT ME BELLIGERENTLY
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." "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. The woman followed him, her hose hanging down around her ankles, and climbed the stairs stolidly behind him.   SECTION FIVE OF CARD TRICK BY JOHN BERRYMAN THIS LIBER OF OX RECORDING IS IN THE 
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