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It had been like selling my soul to the Devil. There it was, all that money. All I'd had to give up was any claim to being a human  I wasn't a Normal any more. I was a psi! Then Shari was talking, in short gasping bursts, half choking, half sobbing. "No wonder Tex is in a whirl," she said. "I've seen some good illusions, worked by the best light fingered operators in the country, but nothing to compare with this! IT HAD BEEN LIKE SELLING MY SOUL TO THE DEVIL THERE IT WAS ALL THAT MONEY ALL I'D HAVE TO GIVE UP WAS ANY CLAIM TO BEING A HUMAN I WASN'T A NORMAL ANY MORE I WAS A SIGH THEN SHERRY WAS TALKING IN SHORT GASPING BURSTS HALF CHOKING HALF SOBBING THE WONDER TEX IS IN A WORLD SHE SAID I'VE SEEN SOME GOOD ILLUSIONS WORKED BY THE BEST LIGHT FINGERED OPERATORS IN THE COUNTRY BUT NOTHING TO COMPARE WITH THIS
 that out!" Wally snapped at me. I jumped a foot. I _had_ tried to miss it. With a sickening realization of doom, I called the next four right. "Stop it!" Shari screeched, grabbing at the cards. "I'll shuffle!" she announced. She hid the pasteboards from me with her body, and took care, in putting them before me on the desk, that I didn't see the face of the bottom card. Her eyes were violet pools of hate and rage and she spoke to me: "_Now_ try it!" "Spade!" That made eight straight. Even Shari succumbed to the ghastly fascination of it. There had been fifty thousand dollars in the stack of bills Wally had taken from his desk. Soon all fifty of the bills were stacked in front of me. Except for the one time I had tried to, I had never missed. Lefty stuck his sharp chin at Shari. "I'd call that a fairly convincing string," he said. "Will you concede, Dr. King?" She gave him an awful mouthful of silence. A pitiless blackness descended over my spirit. I looked at the money in front of me. KE WELL I WASN'T I MISSED THE FOURTH ONE GOT THAT OUT WALLY SNAPPED AT ME I JUMPED AFOOT I HAD TRIED TO MISS IT WITH A SICKENING REALIZATION OF DOOM I CALLED THE NEXT FOUR RIGHT STOP IT SHERRY SCREECHED GRABBING AT THE CARDS I'LL SHUFFLE SHE ANNOUNCED SHE HID THE PASTEBOARDS FROM ME WITH HER BODY AND TOOK CARE IN PUTTING THEM BEFORE ME ON THE DESK THAT I DIDN'T SEE THE FACE OF THE BOTTOM CARD HER EYES WERE VIOLET POOLS OF HATE AND RAGE AS SHE SPOKE TO ME NOW TRY IT SPADE THAT MADE EIGHT STRAIGHT EVEN SHERRY SUCCUMBED TO THE GHASTLY FASCINATION OF IT THERE HAD BEEN FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE STACK OF BILLS WALL HE HAD TAKEN FROM HIS DESK SOON ALL FIFTY OF THE BILLS WERE STACKED IN FRONT OF ME EXCEPT FOR THE ONE TIME I HAD TRIED TO I HAD NEVER MISSED LEFY STUCK HIS SHARP CHIN AT SHERRY I'D CALL THAT A FAIRLY CONVINCING STRING HE SAID WILL YOU CAN SEE DOCTOR KING SHE GAVE HIM AN AWFUL MOUTHFUL OF SILENCE A PITILESS BLACKNESS DESCENDED OVER MY SPIRIT I LOOKED AT THE MONEY IN FRONT OF ME
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