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I guess, if we hadn't gotten hungry, we'd be there yet. Wally had one last little wrinkle for me as I started down the corridor for the elevator. "Pheola," he called. "Yes, darlin' Billy," she said, coming to his side. I GUESS IF WE HADN'T GOTTEN HUNGRY WE'D BE THERE YET WHILE HE HAD ONE LAST LITTLE WRINKLE FOR ME AS I STARTED DOWN THE CORRIDOR FOR THE ELEVATOR THEOLA HE CALLED YES DARLIN BILLIE SHE SAID COMING TO HIS SIDE
ned it over, more than half the time it was a heart. What did you do?" "You mean I'm a hallucinator?" I asked. "Look, this is getting ridiculous! I was kidding myself, too?" "Nonsense. It was real." His face jerked in surprise. "You couldn't!" he gasped, as the idea hit him. "But you did!" he reminded himself. "Wait till Maragon hears this!" And then he told me. It couldn't be, I knew. But it _was_. He proved it to me--or I proved it to us. At some stage you have to get excited about it, if it's no more than a grisly fascination. At that, it was dawn before we could stop our intoxicated talk. Maragon had been yanked out of bed again, and when he heard the news, woke up a darned sight faster than the night before. Pheola of the race-horse legs joined us, and several other psis as well. Before it was over the Grand Master had put on a ridiculous piece of regalia and mumbled me into probationary membership in the Lodge. There was nothing creepy about the ritual--only about the way I felt.  PUT THAT SPADE ON TOP EVERY TIME I DID BUT WHEN I TURNED IT OVER MORE THAN HALF THE TIME THERE WAS A HEART WHAT DID YOU DO YOU MEAN I'M A HALLUCINATOR I ASKED LOOK THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS I WAS KIDDING MYSELF TOO NONSENSE IT WAS REAL HIS FACE JERKED IN SURPRISE YOU COULDN'T HE GASPED AS THE IDEA HIT HIM BUT YOU DID HE REMINDED HIMSELF WAIT TILL MAREGAN HEARS THIS AND THEN HE TOLD ME IT COULDN'T BE I KNEW BUT IT WAS HE PROVED IT TO ME OR I PROVED IT TO US AT SOME STAGE YOU HAVE TO GET EXCITED ABOUT IT IF IT'S NO MORE THAN A GRISLY FASCINATION AT THAT IT WAS DAWN BEFORE WE COULD STOP OUR INTOXICATED TALK MARAGAN HAD BEEN YANKED OUT OF BED AGAIN AND WHEN HE HEARD THE NEWS WOKE UP A DARNED SIGHT FASTER THAN THE NIGHT BEFORE THEOLA OF THE RACE HORSE LEGS JOINED US AND SEVERAL OTHER SIZE AS WELL BEFORE IT WAS OVER THE GRAND MASTER HAD PUT ON A RIDICULOUS PIECE OF REGALIA AND MUMBLED ME INTO PROBATIONARY MEMBERSHIP IN THE LODGE THERE WAS NOTHING CREEPY ABOUT THE RITUAL ONLY THE WAY I FELT
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