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"Let's start out with a couple facts." He pointed a gnarled finger at Lefty. LET'S START OUT WITH A COUPLE OF FACTS HE POINTED A GNARLED FINGER AT LEFTY
g to believe that the couple who had walked down the stairs expected to be taken seriously. "This is George Robertson, the poker whiz," Lefty said briefly to the two sleepy heads. "They call him Tex. Tex, this is Peter Maragon, Grand Master of the Lodge." The gray-haired man gave me a tired nod. "I imagine you're a pretty angry young man, Mr. Robertson," he said in his scratchy voice. I started to tell him quite a little about how I felt, but he held up his hand. "I've had a hard day," he complained. "And I got out of bed solely to adjudicate your case. Now, this will go a lot more quickly if you listen." He smacked his lips a couple times as if he wondered where he had left his partial plate. I hoped he had swallowed it. "Sit down, sit down," he said irritably, pointing at the chair across the desk from him. I debated it, but took the chair, grinding my teeth. "You aren't stupid, or you wouldn't be a scientist," he said, revealing that he knew a lot more about me than I did about him. ING ON TOWARD MIDNIGHT MADE ME WILLING TO BELIEVE THAT THE COUPLE WHO HAD WALKED DOWN THE STAIRS EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY THIS IS GEORGE ROBERTSON THE POKER WHIZ LEFTY SAID BRIEFLY TO THE TWO SLEEPY HEADS THEY CALL HIM TEXT TEXT THIS IS PETER MAREGAN GRAND MASTER OF THE LODGE THE GRAY HAIRED MAN GAVE ME A TIRED NOD I IMAGINE YOU'RE A PRETTY ANGRY YOUNG MAN MISTER ROBERTSON HE SAID IN HIS SCRATCHY VOICE I STARTED TO TELL HIM QUITE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW I FELT BUT HE HELD UP HIS HAND I'VE HAD A HARD DAY HE COMPLAINED AND I GOT OUT OF BED SOLELY TO ADJUDICATE YOUR CASE NOW THIS WILL GO A LOT MORE QUICKLY IF YOU LISTEN HE SMACKED HIS LIPS A COUPLE TIMES AS IF HE WONDERED WHERE HE HAD LEFT HIS PARTIAL PLATE I HOPED HE HAD SWALLOWED IT SIT DOWN SIT DOWN HE SAID IRRITABLY POINTING AT THE CHAIR ACROSS THE DESK FROM HIM I DEBATED IT BUT TOOK THE CHAIR GRINDING MY TEETH YOU AREN'T STUPID OR YOU WOULDN'T BE A SCIENTIST HE SAID REVEALING THAT HE KNEW A LOT MORE ABOUT ME THAN I DID ABOUT HIM
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