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Every time you guess the top card right, Tex, I'm going to give you a thousand dollars. No strings attached. When you miss, you give one back. But if you have none to give, you don't have to pay. You can't lose. Maybe you can win. All set?" "One minute," I demanded. "Shari, is this a fair test?" She shrugged. "Why not?" "Is it gambling?" She smiled faintly, her first sign of relaxation. EVERY TIME YOU GUESS THE TOP CARD WRITE TEXT I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A THOUSAND DOLLARS NO STRINGS ATTACHED WHEN YOU MISS YOU GIVE ONE BACK BUT IF YOU HAVE NONE TO GIVE YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY YOU CAN'T LOSE MAYBE YOU CAN WIN I'LL SET ONE MINUTE I DEMANDED SHERRY IS THIS A FAIR TEST SHE SHRUGGED WHY NOT IS IT GAMBLING SHE SMILED FAINTLY HER FIRST SIGN OF RELAXATION
al Hospital." "And what are you doing here?" she argued. "Meeting my obligation to the Lodge," he said. "This is where I got my training, right in this building." "I thought that brownstone house was the Lodge," I said. "No," he said. "That's just the Grand Master's residence. The Lodge provides quarters for its brass. This building is the real chapter house." He heaved a long sigh and dug into his drawer again. "You can beat it, Milly," he said. "Thanks." "I know," she told him from the door. She had started out long before he spoke. Impressive stuff, but it got a sniff from Shari. What Wally got out of his desk had a refreshing shape and color. It was oblong. It was green. It was money. It was, for a fact, a stack of one thousand dollar bills. Wally shuffled the two cards under his desk again and piled them two-deep in front of Shari and me. "You heard what Dr. King said," Wally reminded me. "She'll love you no less for being a PC. Now we'll play the game a little more realistically. THE BODY CHECK IT I'M ON THE STAFF AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE SHE ARGUED MEETING MY OBLIGATION TO THE LODGE HE SAID THIS IS WHERE I GOT MY TRAINING RIGHT IN THIS BUILDING I THOUGHT THAT BROWNSTONE HOUSE WAS THE LODGE I SAID NO HE SAID THAT'S JUST THE GRAND MASTER'S RESIDENCE THE LODGE PROVIDES QUARTERS FOR ITS BRASS THIS BUILDING IS THE REAL CHAPTER HOUSE HE HEAVED A LONG SIGH AND DUG INTO HIS DRAWER AGAIN YOU CAN BEAT IT MILLY HE SAID THANKS I KNOW SHE TOLD HIM FROM THE DOOR SHE HAD STARTED OUT LONG BEFORE HE SPOKE IMPRESSIVE STUFF BUT IT GOT A SNIFF FROM SHERRY WHAT WALLY GOT OUT OF HIS DESK HAD A REFRESHING SHAPE AND COLOR IT WAS OBLONG IT WAS GREEN IT WAS MONEY IT WAS FOR A FACT A STACK OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR BILLS WALLY SHUFFLED THE TWO CARDS UNDER HIS DESK AGAIN AND PILED THEM TOO DEEP IN FRONT OF SHERRY AND ME YOU HEARD WHAT DOCTOR KING SAID WHILE HE REMINDED ME SHE'LL LOVE YOU NO LESS FOR BEING A PIECEE NOW WE'LL PLAY THE GAME A LITTLE MORE REALISTICALLY
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