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I asked, as she sat silent with her elbows on the edge of her desk and her chin propped up on her knuckles. "You're really quite naive, aren't you, Tex?" she asked me. "Let me give you an objective statement of what happened to you last night." I ASKED AS SHE SAT SILENT WITH HER ELBOWS ON THE EDGE OF HER DESK AND HER CHIN PROPPED UPON HER KNUCKLES YOU'RE REALLY QUITE NAIVE AREN'T YOU TEX SHE ASKED ME LET ME GIVE YOU AN OBJECTIVE STATEMENT OF WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU LAST NIGHT
venty-three, or fifty-two point two per cent of the time, according to Shari's slide rule. "Oh, no," I said dismally. "I _do_ have a little edge on the cards!" "As a statistician, you'll make a great biochemist," Shari said, putting the deck away. "That would only be true if I hadn't let you see your hits and misses as each deal proceeded. You made succeeding guesses in the knowledge of what had already been dealt. Actually, your score was below average for trained observers without psi powers." She heaved a sigh, which somehow seemed to be of relief. "And now, you crazy cowpoke," she said, "tell me what this is all about." "I'm not a psi?" I demanded. "Not if you were really trying," she said. "Were you?" "You think I _want_ to be a psi?" I demanded. I told her all that had happened the night before from the time Lefty had accused me of being a snake until he had let me out of the brownstone house and warned me against gambling. Guess how Shari reacted. A big nothing! * * * * * "Well?  SECTION EIGHT OF CARD TRICK BY JOHN BERRIMAN THIS LIBER OF OX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN WELL
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