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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. 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
aid. His arm on my elbow pushed me into the lighted room. * * * * * It had been the front parlor of the old brownstone in its prime, and was now fixed up as an office. The place held an executive desk with several buttons and enough other controls to put it in orbit. There were a number of cushioned straight-backed chairs and a comfortable leather couch under the window. Only the fact that it was getting 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 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.  FOUR OF CARD TRICK BY JOHN BERRYMAN THIS LIEBER OF OX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN IT HAD BEEN THE FRONT PARLOR OF THE OLD BROWNSTONE IN ITS PRIME AND WAS NOW FIXED UP AS AN OFFICE THE PLACE HELD AN EXECUTIVE DESK WITH SEVERAL BUTTONS AND ENOUGH OTHER CONTROLS TO PUT IT IN ORBIT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF CUSHIONED STRAIGHT BACKED CHAIRS AND A COMFORTABLE LEATHER COUCH UNDER THE WINDOW ONLY THE FACT THAT IT WAS GETTING 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
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