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YOU HARDLY KNOW ME.":4000(" CURIOUS /CURIOSITY")I$ĺ"CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT.":190NF0((" YOU")I$)((" INTEREST")I$)įWF1:"NO.":190::"IS THAT RIGHT.":190;("SPE)I$ĺ"NEVER SAY YOU'RE SORRY.":190G|(" HI / HELLO")I$ĺ"HI.":190("SEE YOU AGAIN/ A DATE")I$ĺ"OUT OF THE QUESTION! I DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU.":4000("GO WITH/COME WITH")I$ĺ"CERTAINLY NOT.":190 ("WELCOME")I$ĺ"(MAKES NO RESPONSE TO13000FJ("UPDIKE")I$ĺ"REALLY? I LIKE HIS WORK A LOT. 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IT'S THE OPPORTUNITY YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR, PERHAPS THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME. YOU SPRING FORWARD AND"; " RETRIEVE HER BOOKS AS SHE PICKS HERSELF UP. YOU NOTICE THAT ONE OF THE BOOKS IS ";(34);"COUPLES";(34);LEGS AND HONEY-COLORED HAIR DOWN TO HER WAIST. SHE IS IN EVERY WAY YOUR IDEAL. YOU GAZE AFTER HER IN DUMBFOUNDED ADMIRATION.":10500 "AT THE CORNER JUST AHEAD OF YOU SHE HITS A SLIPPERY SPOT AND FALLS -- GRACEFULLY ENOUGH, BUT SHE DROPS THE BOOKS SHING THROUGH GOLDEN GATE PARK IN SAN FRANCISCO ONE SUNNY AFTER-NOON WHEN A LADY ON ROLLER-SKATES GLIDES PAST YOU ON THE SIDEWALK. HER EYES HAVE A PERCEPTIVE LOOK TO THEM, WITH PERHAPS A TOUCH OF ARROGANCE." :"SHE IS WEARING SHORTS AND HAS LONG BROWN  sSF0140 x"SORRY, ";N3$;", BUT THIS STORY IS ONE WITH AN IRRECONCILABLE MALE PERSPECTIVE. PERHAPS YOU CAN PRACTICE YOUR ROLE-REVERSAL ABILITIES. 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SUCH AS THE STATEMENT THAT YOU HEREBY FAIL THIS EXAM!!"::550062"ABSOLUTELY NOT. FOR EXAMPLE, ABSTRACT ART THE CANCELLATION OF YOUR CREDIT CARDS."2070000p"THAT IS MERELY A VALUE-JUDGEMENT, ";N0$;N2$;". WE ARE NOT INSTERESTED IN YOUR OPINIONS, WE WANT A DEFINITION OF ART. TRY IT AGAIN.":0z43551"BUT YOU, ";N0$;N2$;", ARE NOT."::"AND WHAT YOU5000/|"YOU ARE DRAGGED OFF KICKING AND STRUGGLING AND TRYING TO BITE THE EXAMINERS. YOUR CAREER IS RUINED AND YOUR WORST FEARS ABOUT TEACHING FLOWER ARRANGING ARE REALIZED. FROM THERE ON";(0" IT'S ALL DOWNHILL TO OBSCURITY, A PAUPER'S GRAVE AND BRILLIANT DISCOVERIES, YOU ARE AWARDED THE NOBEL PRIZE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE."W.7000.P"BUT YOU HAVE WORKED ALL SEMESTER AND YOU ARE WELL-MEANING, SO I THINK WE WILL PASS YOU. I ADVISE YOU TO STICK WITH COMPUTERS, HOWEVER, AND AVOID PHILOSOPHY."/Z THE EXAMINATION ROOM AND ONTO A RED CARPET WHERE THE COMBINED FACULTY AND STUDENT BODY SING THE ";(34);"GLORIA DOCTORIAE";(34);-" AND GIVE YOU THREE ROUSING HUZZAS.":M."YOUR SUBSEQUENT CAREER IS BEYOND YOUR WILDEST EXPECTATIONS, AND AFTER MANYFOR";L," COMPUTER-PRINTED OVERDUE NOTICES. SO TELL ME. WHAT IS ART?":U, 435,"I'M ASKING THE QUESTIONS HERE ";N0$;N2$;", REMEMBER? PLEASE TELL ME: WHAT IS ART?":,435,10500-"THERE IS A SUDDEN FANFARE AND YOU ARE USHERED OUT OFED TO WASTE OUR TIME IN FRUITLESS PSYCHOLOGICAL SPECULATION.":]+D"GIVE IT ANOTHER TRY.":f+N435,"FORGET ABOUT COMPUTERS ";N0$;N2$;". UNFAIR AS IT MAY SEEM, IF YOU DON'T PASS THIS EXAM YOU WILL NEVER WORK WITH COMPUTERS AGAIN, EXCEPT OF COURSE "THE ARTIST HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT, ";N0$;N2$;". ONCE A WORK HAS BEEN CREATED IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO CREATED IT OR WHAT THEIR INTENTIONS WERE.":?+:"WHAT WE WANT TO EXPLORE HERE ARE THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE WORK ITSELF THAT CONSTITUTE ART. WE DON'T NE435)h"ARCHITECTURE HAS NOTHING MORE TO DO WITH ART THAN DOES BRIDGE-BUILDING OR ROUTE-PLANNING FOR DELIVERY VANS. ARCHITECTURE CAN BE ART, BUT IT USUALLY ISN'T, JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE.":)r"BETTER TRY A NEW TACK, ";N0$;N2$;".":)|435*00$;N2$;". THE ANSWER IS UP TO YOU ALONE: WHAT IS ART?":B(435("OH, I UNDERSTAND WELL ENOUGH. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE GOING TO FAIL THIS EXAMINATION UNLESS YOU COME UP WITH SOMETHING RATHER CLEVER. WHAT IS ART, ";N0$;N2$;"? WHAT IS ART?":)ALSO CANNOT BE ARGUED WITH. TO A LARGE EXTENT EVERYONE DOES HAVE TO PROVIDE THEIR OWN DEFINITION OF ART, WHATEVER WE PROFESSORS MIGHT SAY. YOU HERBY PASS THIS";'$" EXAM WITH FLYING COLORS!!"'.50009("YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE EXPERT HERE, ";NAR OR WHATEVER). TRY AGAIN.":(&R 435&"EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT, ";N0$;N2$;"!! ONE KNOWS SOMETHING WHEN ONE SEES IT, EVEN IF IT CANNOT BE MORE PRECISLEY DEFINED. WELL, IT IS NOT AN ANSWER THAT LEADS TO A LOT OF DISCUSSION, IS IT?"':"AND YET IT -RELIGIOUS TERMS HAVE NO PLACE IN A DISCUSSION OF AESTHETICS. YOU NEED TO TRY ANOTHER TRACK ALTOGETHER, ";N0$;N2$;".":% 435&H "STATE OF MIND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. ART IS OUT THERE IN THE WORLD, IT HAS A PHYSICAL REALITY WE CAN ALL SEE (OR HE$ 5500$ "DO NOT SPEAK TO ME OF MYSTERIES, ";N0$;N2$;". WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AESTHETICS, NOT METAPHYSICS. THE QUESTION IS DIFFICULT, BUT DOES NOT REQUIRE THE OCCULT FOR AN ANSWER. TRY AGAIN.":$ 435x% "SOUL, SPIRIT, KARMA, AND ALL SUCH QUASI435# "YOU HAVE COMMITTED THE UNPARDONABLE SIN OF ARGUING WITH ME, ";N0$;N2$;". YOU THEREFORE FAIL THIS EXAM AND IN ADDITION RECEIVE A SPECIAL BLACK MARK ON YOUR TRANSCRIPT WHICH WILL FOLLOW YOU WHEREVER YOU GO.":# "GOODBYE AND GOOD RIDDANCE.":CREATING SOMETHING MAY BE AN ART, BUT IT IS NOT AN ART IN THE SENSE OF BEING THE";"2 " FINISHED PRODUCT; WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT IS SKILL."::"WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS HOW CAN I TELL ART WHEN I SEE IT.":"< "GIVE IT ANOTHER TRY, "N0$;N2$".":#F I DON'T THINK THAT'LL DO, ";N0$;N2$;". ABILITY AND SKILL MAY BE ESSENTIAL FOR THE CREATION OF ART, BUT THEY ARE NOT THE SAME AS ART. ART ITSELF HAS NO ABILITY OR SKILL."!j :"WHY DON'T YOU TRY AGAIN.":!t 435R"( "NO, NO. MAKING OR PRODUCING OR RE IS NO READILY IDENTIFIABLE ARTIST. ART MAY, IN FACT, BE BEAUTIFUL, BUT THERE IS NO NECESSARY CONNECTION BETWEEN ART AND BEAUTY.": "I'M AFRAID WE MUST FAIL YOU IN THIS EXAM. GOOD LUCK WITH THE FLOWER ARRANGING CLASSES." 10500:5500!` "NO, HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO FAIL YOU IN THIS EXAM."::5500"YOU ARE MAKING A FUNDAMENTAL MISTAKE, ";N0$;N2$;". AFTER ALL, MOST PEOPLE AGREE THAT CERTAIN NATURAL PHENOMENA SUCH AS SUNSETS ARE BEAUTIFUL, YET WE DON'T CALL THEM"; " ART, BECAUSE THETH NO MORE FORM THAN ANYTHING ELSE.":x"I THINK YOUR ANSWER SMACKS OF FUZZY THINKING. YOU HERBY FAIL THIS EXAM.":55000"SO YOU WON'T EVEN MAKE A SERIOUS TRY AT THE QUESTION. THAT IS REGRETABLE, ";N0$;N2$;"."::"UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES WEEALLY HELP TO DEFINE ART.":=^"TAKE ANOTHER TRY AT IT.":Fh435&"NO -- TO DEFINE ART IN TERMS OF FORM OR STRUCTURE WON'T DO. FORM IS AN ATTRIBUTE OF ALMOST EVERYTHING, AFTER ALL. BUT ONE CAN IMAGINE ABSOLUTELY FORMLESS ART, OR AT LEAST ART WIT COST EFFECTIVE STEAM DRILL.":J"AND TO SAY THAT CREATIVITY IS NECESSARY TO ART IS NO MORE THAN SAYING TALENT IS NECESSARY TO ART. OF COURSE IF YOU LIKE THE ART IN QUESTION YOU'LL SAY THE ARTIST WAS TALENTED AND CREATIVE.":T"BUT THAT DOESN'T RU'LL HAVE TO DO BETTER THAN THAT. GIVE IT A TRY. AFTER ALL, EVERYONE KNOWS SOMETHING ABOUT THE ANSWER. NOW, WHAT IS ART?":435 @"NO, CREATIVITY IS NOT NECESSARILY RELATED TO ART. ONE COULD BE VERY CREATIVE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN CREATING AN UGLY BUOU GET AWAY WITH IT. YOU HERBY PASS THIS EXAMINATION."A5000"(HE BURSTS OUT LAUGHING) THAT'S THE FUNNIEST THING I'VE HEARD! I'M GOING TO PASS YOU FOR THE SHEER BRILLIANCE OF YOUR SENSE OF HUMOR!"5000~x"COME, COME NOW, ";N0$;N2$;", YO THE PRIMARY PRE-REQUISITES FOR GRADUATION. GOOD BYE!!":D5500"QUITE SO. I LIKE SPECIFIC COMMON-SENSE ANSWERS. YOU HEREBY PASS THIS EXAMINATION."50007"THAT'S SOMETHING OF A COPOUT, BUT SINCE I ESSENTIALLY AGREE WITH YOU WE'LL LET YEMEMBER, THE QUESTION IS: WHAT IS ART?"::440_UF3ĺ"STILL CAN'T UNDERSTAND YOU."::440:UF4ĺ"YOU ARE ENTIRELY INCOMPREHENSIBLE, ";N0$;N2$". I'M AFRAID WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO FAIL YOU IN THIS EXAM. AFTER ALL, CLEAR COMMUNICATION IS ONE OFAGINATIVE AND MORE DOWN TO EARTH."::435pU23ĺ"FOR GOD'S SAKE, ";N0$;N2$;", JUST SAY THE MOST OBVIOUS THING YOU CAN. YOUR ANSWERS ARE TOO ERUDITE FOR ME."::435UFUF1UF1ĺ"BEG YOUR PARDON?":::440/UF2ĺ"CAN'T UNDERSTAND YOU. RI$1200"RLI25:900::U2U21\U21ĺ"A PROVOCATIVE ANSWER, ";N0$;N2$;", BUT ONE ESSENTIALLY LACKING IN DEPTH, I'M AFRAID. TAKE ANOTHER TRY AT IT."::435)fU22ĺ"INTERESTING, ";N0$;N2$;", VERY INTERESTING. BUT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO BE LESS IM"ART IS")I$)(("BUDDY/FRIEND/GUY/BROTHER")I$)1300L("GIVE UP")I$6700f("HEARD ME")I$6800QF1(" HOW / WHY / WHEN / DO YOU ")I$4800P1(" WHAT ")I$:P10P134800 NF1((" I / I'M / IM ")I$)1400*("ANYTHING/WHATEVER") GOOD / BAD /PROPAGANDA/A WASTE")I$6000GLI9(" ART IS ")I$6100(("ART IS ART ")I$)((("THREE/ 3")I$)(("LETTER")I$))6200("REPRESENT")I$6300("EXPRES")I$6400("COMMUNICAT")I$6500("TRUTH/ LIFE ")I$66003((")I$3000(X("STATE OF MIND")I$3400@l("EXPERT")I$3800mv((" YOU ")I$)(("UNDERSTAND")I$)4000("ARCHITE")I$4200(" ARTIST / ARTISTS / ARTIST'S ")I$4400("COMPUTER")I$4600(("STUPID/NICE/FUN/USELESS/PLEASING/ DUMB /REATIV")I$16001(" FORM /STRUCTURE")I$1800(("UNANSWERABLE/IMPOSSIBLE/NOBODY/NO ONE")I$)(NF1(("ANSWER/QUESTION/ DEFIN")I$))2000&(" BEAUT")I$22000("ABILITY/ SKILL")I$2400:("PRODUC/ CREAT/ MAKING")I$2600 D(" MYSTER(" MUSIC /PAINTING/LITERATURE/BOOKS/NOVELS/PICTURES/ DANC/ SCULPT/SYMPH/CONCERT/PHOTO")I$1000((" WHEN")I$)(("SEE IT")I$)3600("EYE OF")I$3600((" I / YOU ")I$)(("ANYTHING/WHATEVER")I$)3600(" SOUL/SPIRIT")I$3200(" CS OR FAILURE IN THIS EXAM. PLEASE RESTRICT YOUR ANSWER TO TWO LINES."Q10500"DR. ZEROUGH: HERE IS THE QUESTION: WHAT IS ART?":"ANSWER CAREFULLY, ";N0$;N2$;".":9000:10000:"DR. ZEROUGH: ";CX(" BUT ")I$:CX0CX32800^GOING TO QUESTION YOU";" IN THAT FIELD. HOWEVER, WE DO REQUIRE THAT OUR GRADUATES BE WELL-ROUNDED. WE ARE THERFORE GOING TO POSE TO YOU A";F" SIMPLE QUESTION FROM THE LIBERAL ARTS. YOUR ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION ALONE WILL DETERMINE YOUR SUCCES:400dT(" THINK /SUPPOSE/GUESS/IMAGINE")I$ĺ"YOU THINK SO? YOU DON'T KNOW? (HE CHUCKLES)":400"IN ANY CASE, WE MUST GET STARTED WITH THE EXAM.":"NOW, WE HAVE DECIDED THAT YOU ARE NO DOUBT ADEQUATE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE, SO WE ARE NOT EVEN 5 "DR. ZEROUGH: SO, ";N0$;N2$;", ARE YOU READY?":X 9000:10000:"DR. ZEROUGH: "; ,NF1ĺ"THAT IS REGRETTABLE, ";N0$;N2$;" BUT THE EXAM MUST BEGIN NONE THE LESS."::400 6YF1ĺ"I'M GLAD TO HEAR IT.":400J(" HOPE ")I$ĺ"I HOPE SO TOO."" GATES, AND LINEAR PROGRAMMING. YOU ARE THEREFORE QUITE CONFIDENT AS YOU ARE USHERED INTO THE COMMITTEE ROOM"; " AND INTRODUCED TO THE EXAMINERS, CHIEF OF WHOM IS THE BRILLIANT BUT NOTORIUSLY TOUGH DR. WON ZEROUGH, CHAIRMAN OF THE DEPARTMENT.": REDUCED TO TEACHING FLOWER ARRANGEMENT TO GANGS OF BLOODTHIRSTY DELINQUENTS IN INNER-CITY VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS."z 10500 "BUT YOU DON'T SEE HOW YOU CAN FAIL. YOU KNOW ALL THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT BOOLEAN ALGEBRA, BAKUS NORMAL FORM, INVERTED 'OR'";s SKIN IS YOUR ORAL EXAMINATION."::"YOUR ENTIRE CAREER HINGES ON THIS ONE EXAM: PASS IT AND YOU WILL BE"; " ABLE TO NAME YOUR OWN PRICE WITH INDUSTRY OR A PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITY; FAIL AND YOU WILL BE EXPELLED FOREVER";o " FROM THE PH-D PROGRAM AND HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR SEVEN YEARS AT WORLD-RENOWNED REGALIA UNIVERSITY TO ACQUIRE YOUR DOCTORATE IN COMPUTER"; " SCIENCE. YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR COURSEWORK, PASSED YOUR WRITTEN EXAM, AND NOW ALL THAT STANDS BETEEN YOU AND";i " THE COVETED SHEEP1$P32768:I$"X":D$(4):PK7682/Z24000Cd START PROGRAMQxUF0:U20:3:CN$"* * * THE UNEXPECTED QUESTION * * *":200005:CN$"TERROR IN ACADEME":20000RF0İ9500:RF110500SF0:N0$"MR. "::N0$"MS. 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";'C!Z$:Z$"P"İ2420CAN PERSONALLY MAKE SEVERAL MILLION WITH THIS MANIPULATION, AND LATER, WHEN YOU HAVE RESIGNED FROM YOUR OWN FIRM, YOU CAN BECOME PARTNERS WITH ME.":%"WE WILL CLEAN UP, ";N0$;N2$;"."%10500e&"AND SO IT TURNS OUT. YOU BECOME RICH BEYOND THE DR NEGOTIATIONS."$:"HOWEVER, SINCE YOU AND I ARE NOW AMONG THE FEW PEOPLE WITH ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION, LET ME PROPOSE A JOINT STOCK MERGER FOLLOWED BY RUTHLESS SHORT-SELLING AND SOME WELL-TIMED ANOUNCEMENTS TO THE PRESS."%:"I BELIEVE THAT WE U23ĺ"THAT IS STILL TOO HIGH, ";N0$;N2$;".":250T#U23ĺ"STILL TOO HIGH.":250$|"YOUR FIRM IS IN DANGER OF BANKRUPTCY? I AM ASTOUNDED, AND MORE ASTOUNDED THAT YOU WOULD MENTION IT TO ME. UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF COURSE I CANNOT CONTINUE THESEM HERE TO TALK SERIOUSLY, NOT TO ENTERTAIN MERE FLIGHTS OF FANTASY. YOUR OFFER IS MUCH TOO HIGH TO CONSIDER. YOU MUST GIVE ME A FIGURE WITH SOME DEGREE OF REASONABLENESS.":250"U22ĺ"AGAIN I MUST SAY THAT YOUR OFFER IS UNACCEPTABLY HIGH.":2502#DAY YOU REALIZE YOU CAN BUY BOTH AT&T AND EXXON, THUS CREATING A MONOPOLY THAT INCLUDES ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING.":!"AND CONTRARY TO WHAT YOU WERE ALWAYS TOLD, YOU FIND THAT, YES, MONEY CAN BUY HAPPINESS."!7000!U2U21"U21ĺ"NO, NO -- I ABANKRUPTCY, IT IS TOO LATE FOR HIM"; " TO BACK OUT. DUMBFOUNDED BY THIS TURN OF EVENTS HE JOINS A MONASTERY OF GREEK ORTHODOX MONKS AND IS NEVER HEARD FROM AGAIN.)"q!10500:"YOUR FINANCIAL EMPIRE, BOUYED BY THIS COUP, GROWS EVER LARGER UNTIL ONE THE AFRICAN JUNGLE WHERE YOU BECOME A SPECIALIST IN TREATING YAWS AND ELEPHANTIASIS AMONG THE ZAMBIZI.)":u7000"IT IS A FAIR OFFER, ";N0$;N2$;". I ACCEPT."$ :"(ALEXANDROS SIGNS THE CONTRACT. THE NEXT DAY, WHEN HE LEARNS OF THE IMPENDING THEY ARE FOUND TO BE BEYOND REPROACH.":"(THE DEAL FALLS THROUGHT, YOUR FIRM COLLAPSES, AND YOU ARE BANKRUPT. DUMBFOUNDED BY THIS TURN OF EVENTS YOU DECIDE TO DEVOTE THE REST OF YOUR LIFE TO PUBLIC SERVICE. YOU STUDY";k" NURSING AND GO OFF TO"YOU WOULD SELL FOR SUCH A LOW PRICE? I AM SURPRISED ";N0$;N2$;". VERY SURPRISED. IN FACT RATHER SUSPICIOUS. AS YOU AMERICANS SAY, I SMELL A RAT.":)"THESE NEGOTIATIONS ARE AT AN END UNTIL MY ACCOUNTANTS CAN HAVE ACCESS TO ALL YOUR RECORDS, AND,1))!X A58A47P1P11:31506b NV((I$,P1,3))Kl NV199NVNV10Qv  "HAVE YOU TAKEN LEAVE OF YOUR SENSES, "N0$;N2$;"?"::"YOU OFFER LESS TO ME THAN I OFFER TO YOU. PERHAPS I MISUNDERSTAND YOU. TELL ME AGAIN WHAT YOU MEAN." 250Y")I$NV40:' ("FIFTY")I$NV50:A ("SIXTY")I$NV60:] ("SEVENTY")I$NV70:x ("EIGHTY")I$NV80: ("NINTY")I$NV90: ("HUNDRED")I$NV100: J4957& P1((J))I$0 P103150: D NV0:N A((I$,P11ATHENS EMPTY-HANDED. IS IT A DEAL?":250 "I AM BECOMING HYSTERICAL. PLEASE JUST NAME ME A FIGURE!!":" (HE STARTS TO TEAR HIS HAIR DRAMATICALY)":250 (" TEN /TEEN ")I$NV10: (" TWENTY")I$NV20: ("THIRTY")I$NV30:  ("FORT ALL THE WAY UP TO FORTY MILLION. YOU'LL NEVER BEAT THAT. IS IT A DEAL?":250) ND45ĺ"HERE'S MY FINAL OFFER, ";N0$;N2$;". FORTY-FIVE MILLION. IT'S ALL THE MONEY I CAN BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL, I KID YOU NOT. PLEASE ACCEPT IT. DON'T SEND ME BACK TO "I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'M GOING TO DO. I'M GOING TO RAISE MY OFFER TO 35 MILLION. NOW THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY, ";N0$;N2$;". WILL YOU ACCEPT?":250O ND40ĺ"YOU'RE WEARING ME DOWN, ";N0$;N2$;". MY BACK'S AGAINST THE ROPES, MY KNEES ARE RUBBERY. I'LL GO50d ND45ĺ"WE NEED SOMETHING WE CAN GET OUR TEETH INTO. NAME ME A SPECIFIC FIGURE.":250n 2510 ND45ND5NVĺ"I FIND YOUR LANGUAGE CONFUSING, ";N0$;N2$;". TELL ME AGAIN THE LOWEST FIGURE YOU CAN ACCEPT.":250 NDND5 ND35ĺON?":5500|(" WORTH / VALUE/TWICE")I$ĺ"IF YOU ARE MAKING ME AN OFFER TELL ME HOW MUCH YOU WILL ACTUALLY ACCEPT.":250NF12500((" HOW /WHAT ABOUT")I$)QF1ĺ"YOU'RE ASKING ME? IF YOU'RE MAKING A COUNTER OFFER JUST STATE THE FIGURE.":2 YOU ACCEPT?":2509"THEN WHAT WILL YOU ACCEPT?":250("LOW/INSULT/RIDICULOUS")I$ĺ"PEOPLE SELDOM SEE EYE TO EYE IN THESE MATTERS, ";N0$;N2$;". HOW MUCH WILL YOU BE WILLING TO ACCEPT?":250 NV10(("WORTH")I$)ĺ"YOU ARE ONLY WORTH 10 MILLIR WHY YOU DIDN'T ACCEPT MR. ALEXANDROS' OFFER."97000EU3U31U31ĺ"THEN, ";N0$;N2$;", I AWAIT -- WITH THE GREATEST INTEREST -- YOUR COUNTER-OFFER.":250U32ĺ"SAD -- I HAD THOUGHT WE WERE CLOSE TO A MEETING OF THE MINDS. HOW MUCH WILL0UF92480;"MAKE ME AN OFFER, ";N0$;N2$;".":250"YOU WON'T SELL? ALL RIGHT FOR YOU!!"::"YOU ARE SEIZED BY TERRORISTS AND CARRIED AWAY TO THE WHITE";/" SLAVE MARKETS OF SHABA-EL-BESH. IT TURNS OUT TO BE NO FUN AT ALL, AND YOU WONDEYF14000UFUF1_UF1ĺ"I THINK YOU SHOULD NAME ME A FIGURE, ";N0$;N2$;".":250nUF22480UF3ĺ"I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR A CONCRETE OFFER.":250UF42480UF5ĺ"WHAT IS THE LOWEST PRICE YOU WILL ACCEPT?":250UF6248OUR FIGURE.":250zr(" MOMENT/ MINUTE/ HOUR/ TIME ")I$ĺ"TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. YOU MUST NAME ME A FIGURE NOW.":250|(" BANKRUP")I$5500NF1((" SELL")I$)1200NF1(("ENOUGH")I$)ĺ"SO HOW MUCH WOULD BE ENOUGH?":250NF11500FORTUNATE, ";N0$;N2$;", BUT I AM NOT OFFENDED. PERHAPS YOU WOULD NAME A PRICE THAT IS MORE ACCEPTABLE TO YOU.":250h("CONDITION/ TERMS /LIMITATIONS")I$ĺ"WE WILL DEAL WITH THE SPECIFIC TERMS ONCE THE PRICE IS AGREED UPON."::"I AM WAITING TO HEAR Y MAKE ME A COUNTER OFFER.":250T("ESTIMAT/VALU/WORTH/ LOW ")I$ĺ"PERHAPS YOU ARE RIGHT. THERE ARE ALWAYS DIFFERENCES OF OPINION IN THESE MATTERS. I AM PREPARED TO ENTERTAIN YOUR COUNTER OFFER.":250t^NF1(("ACCEPT/AGREE")I$)ĺ"AH, THAT IS UN00::"MR. ALEXANDROS: ";*3000:10000; NV0İ2000PNV0NV303500gNV30NV504000~"NV50NV804500,NV80ī5000610000@(("ACCEPT/ SOLD / DEAL /TAKE IT")I$)NF04000 J(" IF ")I$ĺ"I CANNOT DEAL IN HYPOTHESES.R AT LEAST TWICE THAT. BUT WHEN THE BANKRUPTCY PROCEDINGS ARE REVEALED IT MAY BE WORTH ONLY 10 MILLION. WHY IS ALEXANDROS OFFERING SO"; " LITTLE? DOES HE SUSPECT SOMETHING? OR IS HE MERELY TRYING FOR A DEAL?)" UF0:U20:ND30:U30:NV090CTS IN THE TANKER LEASING FIELD ARE EXTREMELY UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME."; " UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES MY FIRM IS PREPARED TO OFFER YOU WHAT I THINK IS AN EXTREMELY GENEROUS 30 MILLION DOLLARS.": "(YOU KNOW THAT YOUR FIRM, IF HEALTHY, SHOULD SELL FOOVERLOOKING THE HUDSON, YOU ARE LOCKED IN NEGOTIATION WITH THE INFINITELY WILY PENTAMETER ALEXANDROS, GREEK OWNER OF THE RIVAL FIRM." 10500G "MR. ALEXANDROS: YOU MUST UNDERSTAND, MY DEAR ";N0$;N2$;", YOU HAVE A NICE LITTLE COMPANY HERE, BUT PROSPEHROUGH CORRUPTION AND MISMANAGEMENT, YOUR FIRM IS ON THE VERGE OF BANKRUPTCY. 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YOU KNOW, YOU REMIND ME A LITTLE OF ROBERT REDFORD?":45003R5"I DON'T KNOW, WHAT THE HELL."::"BUT YOU'RE SORT OF GOOD LOOKING, YOU KNOW? YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'VE HAD EXPERIENCE. WANT TO DO SOMETHING THIS AFTERNOON?":4500'4:TALK IS A BORE, DON'T YOU THINK? WANT TO GO GET SOME ICE CREAM?"L2*515000345NF1ĺ"WELL, YOU TWIRP! WHAT'S THE MATTER YOU, DON'T LIKE ICE CREAM? IT'S THE NATIONAL DISH! WHAT ARE YOU TALKING TO ME FOR ANYWAY, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GO GET ICE CREAM?":NCIENT ABYSSINIANS HAD A SAYING: STONE TABLETS MAY HOLD A MAN'S SOUL, BUT NOT HIS EPIGRAMS. (SHE WINKS AT YOU)."14:"YOU KNOW, YOU'RE KIND OF CUTE? I THINK WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT ALL THIS OVER A GLASS OF WHITE WINE.":4500A2 5"BUT ALL THIS LITERARY Y BOYFRIEND -- HE'S A LINEBACKER FOR THE 49'ERS. BYE!":50000v4NF1ĺ"YOU'RE PROBABLY THE RUGGED OUTDOOR TYPE. WELL, I'VE GOT TO GO. I'M MEETING MY HUSBAND -- HE'S THE EDITOR OF ";(34);"VERSE MAGAZINE."(34)" BYE!":500004QF17500r14"THE AT OF STYLE IN LITERATURE THESE DAYS.":190/X4"WELL I THINK DUPERIE IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WRITERS OF THE DECADE. LISTEN, DO YOU LIKE POETRY?"/b415000=0l4YF1ĺ"YOU'RE PROBABLY VERY SENSITIVE AND SO ON. LISTEN, I'VE GOT TO GO. I'M MEETING MOING ANYTHING THIS AFTERNOON?":4500.4YF1ĺ"YOU DID? I MADE UP THE WHOLE THING. YOU CERTAINLY ARE A GULLIBLE TYPE, AREN'T YOU. WELL, I'VE GOT TO GO -- I'M TEACHING A CLASS IN NUCLEAR PHYSICS. BYE!":5000*/&4WF1ĺ"ACTUALLY, SYMBOLISM IS GOING OUE OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE MEGALITHS OF KOR."-3"DID YOU UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PRINCESS TO THE CASPIAN TAXATION CEREMONY?"-415000$.4NF1ĺ"I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND IT EITHER, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH. BUT YOU'RE KIND OF CUTE. 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I COULD SEE IT IN YOUR EYES THE MOMENT I SAW YOU. THE NERVOUS GLANCE OF THE TRAPPED RABBIT."j830"ADMIRAL KURTZ: ALAS, COLONEL, THERE IS NO SUCH PERSON. YOU HAVE FALLEN FOR A SIMPLE STRATAGEM, AND I MUST CONFESS THAT MY OPINION OF THE O.S.SNSWER ME YES OR NO!":360UF3ĺ"ADMIRAL KURTZ: YOU ARE BEING DELIBERATLY OBTUSE, COLONEL BRAUN. I CAN ONLY CONCLUDE THAT YOU ARE ATTEMPTING TO CONCEAL SOMETHING--AND I CAN GUESS WHAT IT IS:"a:"YOU ARE AN AMERICAN SPY, ARE YOU NOT, COLONEL BRAUG THERE: THE MOUSE TWITTERS LOUDEST IN THE JAWS OF THE EAGLE. DID YOU KNOW THE MAN OR NOT?":360UF2ĺ"ADMIRAL KURTZ: YOU ARE STALLING, COLONEL. DO YOU KNOW THE MAN OR NOT?":360UF3ĺ"ADMIRAL KURTZ: I AM LOSING PATIENCE, COLONEL. YOU VILL AYF1("CERTAINLY/ WELL ")I$520MNF1((" PERSON/ EIDER/ CAPT")I$)590d(" EIDER")I$800((" WHERE / HOW / WHO / WHEN / WHAT ")I$)QF1ī580NF1550UFUF1aUF1ĺ"ADMIRAL KURTZ: I AM FROM PRUSSIA, COLONEL. WE HAVE A SAYIN GAZE. WHY IS HE ASKING YOU THIS? IS IT SOME SORT OF TRAP? YOU WISH YOU HAD VOLUNTEERED FOR SOMETHING SAFER, LIKE SUBMARINES.)"^UF0:N10h9000:1110r780|QF1(" HE / HIS ")I$850NF1((" 57/FLIGHT/WING/ DUSS/DORF")I$)590!RAL KURTZ: MOST INTERESTING, I'M SURE, COLONEL. BUT ";J"TELL ME -- I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE WITH THE 57TH FLIGHT WING IN DUSSELDORF. DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW THERE A CAPTAIN EIDERDOWN? HE IS AN OLD SCHOOL COMRADE."T:"(AGAIN HE FIXES YOU WITH HIS ICYNEL BRAUN. THESE FANCY AFFAIRS CAN BE A PAIN IN THE ASS. BUT.......":3301(" WELL/ FINE/CERTAINLY")I$ĺ"ADMIRAL KURTZ: I AM GLAD TO HEAR IT, COLONEL. ";:3306YF1(" THANK")I$ĺ"ADMIRAL KURTZ: SO GLAD TO HEAR IT, COLONEL. ";:3307@"ADMICT?":10500"ADMIRAL KURTZ: UND SO, COLONEL BRAUN, YOU ARE ENJOYING YOURSELF?":"(COLONEL BRAUN IS, OF COURSE, REALLY ";N1$;" ";N2$;"!)"9000::1110"780K,NF1("STUPID/BORING/ DULL/HARDLY")I$ĺ"ADMIRAL KURTZ: I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN, COLO, DIRECTLY ACROSS THE TABLE";^ " FROM THE DREADED ADMIRAL KURTZ, CHIEF OF THE GESTAPO. "; "HE FIXES YOU WITH A PENETRATING ICY-BLUE EYE, AND FOR THE FIRST TIME YOU FIND YOURSELF BEGINNING TO WORRY. DOES HE KNOW WHO YOU REALLY ARE? DOES HE SUSPE";N1$;", INCREDIBLE AS IT MAY SEEM, YOU HAVE BEEN DISGUISED AS A MAN, BLOND MOUSTACHE AND ALL.)": "EVERYTHING GOES PERFECTLY AND YOU ARE SURE YOUR COVER IS COMPLETELY SECURE UNTIL ONE EVENING YOU FIND YOURSELF SEATED, AT A SUMPTUOUS FULL DRESS DINNERE NAZIS THAT YOU ARE COLONEL HANS BRAUN, MUCH-DECORATED LUFTWAFFE AIR ACE. YOU MOVE FREELY IN THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF NAZI SOCIETY,"; " WHERE YOU ARE PRIVY TO ASTOUNDING NAZI SECRETS, ALL OF WHICH YOU RADIO BACK TO WASHINGTON.":10500b SF1ĺ"(YES, WORKING FOR THE O.S.S.,"; " OUR TOP-SECRET SPY AGENCY. YOU HAVE BEEN PARACHUTED INTO THE HEART OF HITLER'S THIRD REICH, WHERE YOUR MISSION IS TO GATHER INFORMATION, HOWEVER YOU CAN." :"DEBONAIR AND RESOURCEFUL, YOU HAVE NO TROUBLE CONVINCING TH:20000:: RF0İ9500:RF1+ 10500N SF0:N0$"MR. "::N0$"MS. "W N10 "IT IS THE DARK WINTER OF 1942. 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";P%"FROM THIS ASTOUNDING VANTAGE POINT YOU CONTRIBUTE INCOMPARABLY TO THE ALLIED WAR EFFORT AND ARE REWA IN THE SOUP, THE OBVIOUS VICTIM OF AN ATTACK OF APOPLEXY.)"$u:"NO ONE HEARD YOUR COMMENT, DUE TO THE BOISTEROUS SINGING OF THE HORST WESSEL SONG FURTHER DOWN THE TABLE, SO THE UNFORTUNATE DEATH OF ADMIRAL KURTZ IS ATTRIBUTED TO OVERINDULGENCE.":1050 NOT, IN FACT EXIST!!";"\" I CAN ONLY CONCLUDE THAT YOU ARE NOT WHAT YOU CLAIM TO BE. ACCORDINGLY, I AM PLACING YOU UNDER ARREST.""f830<#p"ADMIRAL KURTZ: HOW DARE YOU!! I'M GOING TO . . .":"(HE CLUTCHES HIS CHEST AND KEELS OVER WITH HIS HEADNIA OF THE S.S. ON THEIR SINISTER BLACK UNIFORMS, AND AT DAWN YOU ARE EXECUTED."Y!H750"R"ADMIRAL KURTZ: MOST CURIOUS, COLONEL. YOU ASK CALMLY ABOUT THIS FICTITIOUS CAPTAIN EIDERDOWN, WHEN I HAVE STATED THAT YOU ARE WITH 57TH FLIGHT WING, WHICH DOESEST DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT YOU ARE AN AMERICAN SPY. ";r *"THANK YOU, ANYWAY, FOR A MOST CHARMING CONVERSATION."P!>:"GUARDS!! ARREST THIS MAN. HE IS AN ENEMY OF THE REICH."::"YOU ARE DRAGGED AWAY BY SOLDIERS WEARING THE DREADED DEATH'S HEAD INSIG U (("I'M/ I AM / IM ")I$)((" PIG / SWINE/BARBARIAN/ PERVERT/ SPY")I$)880[6 "ADMIRAL KURTZ: AH, HA, COLONEL!! THERE IS NO SUCH NAME AS EIDERDOWN IN GERMAN, AND ONLY AN AMERICAN WOULD BELIEVE THERE WAS. THERE IS THERFORE NOT THE FAINT61010500:23200"WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY AGAIN OR GO BACK TO THE TABLE OF CONTENTS (P FOR PLAY OR T FOR TABLE OF CONTENTS)? ";Z$:Z$"P"İ24200:50Z$"T"76515:CN$"THANK YOU FOR PLAYING THIS STORY.":20000:D$"RUN STORY"OT BEAT AROUND THE BUSH, COLONEL. TIME IS IMPORTANT. I HAVE A DATE WITH A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG TANK COMMANDER . . . I MEAN, A BEAUTIFUL FRAULEIN. VILL YOU ACCEPT THE ASSIGNMENT OR NOT?"610"ADMIRAL KURTZ: YOU VILL ANSWER YES OR NO. EVENTUALLY."TIME,";" BECAUSE YOU ARE SO HIGHLY DECORATED AND SUCH AN ACE. SO--I MUST LEAVE YOU NOW. I AM TIRED. GOOD EVENING!"::"(HE HURRIES OFF. YOU HAVE APPARENTLY SURVIVED AGAIN, DESPITE YOUR IMPETUOUS NATURE.)"750"ADMIRAL KURTZ: PLEASE DO NION."750"ADMIRAL KURTZ: NO? I FIND THAT VERY SUSPICIOUS, HERR COLONEL BRAUN. ANY YOUNG OFFICER SHOULD JUMP AT THIS OPPORTUNITY. ";"I HAVE HALF A MIND TO ORDER A MORE THOROUGH INVESTIGATION. STILL, I VILL LET YOU GET AWAY WITH IT THIS REST OF THE WAR WITH THIS CORNUCOPIA OF MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE WAR EFFORT IS";" LATER CHARACTERIZED BY GENERAL EISENHOWER AS INVALUABLE, AND AFTER V-E DAY ARE REWARDED BY A GRATEFUL AMERICAN GOVERNMENT WITH AN ENORMOUS PENSINSTINCTIVELY I CAN TRUST YOU TO DELIVER THEM WHEREVER I NEED. YOU VILL ACCEPT THIS ASSIGNMENT?"vb9000:1110:780lYF1650vNF1680N1N11:N11:710::730i"ADMIRAL KURTZ: VERY GOOD!! VE VILL START TOMORROW."::"SO YOU SPEND THEOLUTELY RIGHT! I VAS JUST TESTING YOU A LITTLE, I HOPE YOU VILL FORGIVE THE FORMALITY. YOU SEE MY BOY, I LIKE YOUR LOOKS. YOU ARE THE VERY PERSON I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR TO BECOME MY PERSONAL COURIER."aX:"I HAVE MANY TOP-SECRET DOCUMENTS AND I KNOW E AN IMPOSTER, COLONEL, AND WHILE YOU HAVE BEEN A CHARMING DINNER COMPANION, I REGRET THAT I MUST PLACE YOU UNDER ARREST.":830D"ADMIRAL KURTZ: I AM ASKING THE QUESTIONS HERE, COLONEL BRAUN. DID YOU KNOW HIM OR NOT?":350N"ADMIRAL KURTZ: ABS. HAS FALLEN ANOTHER NOTCH."%830&"ADMIRAL KURTZ: NOT SUPRISING, SINCE THERE IS NO SUCH PERSON. BUT THERE IS ALSO NO 57TH FLIGHT WING, IN DUSSELDORF OR ANYWHERE ELSE. 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IT IS WITHOUT THE LEAST REGRET THAT I TURN YOU OVER TO THE MERCY OF THE LAW."|7000 "WELL, AT LEAST YOU'RE HONEST. IN FACT, I HAVE A FEELING THAT YOU'RE MORE THAN HONEST. I THINK YOU'RE COVERING";g " FOR 280"OF COURSE YOU WERE. UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS IN A CLOSED DRAWER, WHICH WILL MAKE YOUR EXPLANATION RATHER DIFFICULT FOR A JURY TO BELIEVE. DON'T YOU THINK SO?"7000r"YOUR IGNORANCE IS TOUCHING BUT HARDLY CREDIBLE. YOU LACK EVEN THE IMAG 7000H"SO YOU ARE NOT ONLY A THIEF BUT CLOSE-MOUTHED AS WELL."R7000"YOU CLAIM TO BE RETURNING IT? A LIKELY STORY. TELL ME THEN: WHO REMOVED IT IN THE FIRST PLACE?"280"SO YOU THINK YOU CAN EXPLAIN THIS? I'M WAITING.")I$4750'(" APPEAR/ SEEM")I$5000U((" I / I'M / IM / I AM ")I$)NF14000_6500"HOW DREADFUL OF YOU TO INVOLVE THAT POOR WOMAN IN YOUR SORDID THIEVERY. YOU HAVE LOST ALL SENSE OF HONOR, "N0$;N2$;". YOUR CONDUCT IS BENEATH CONTEMPT."$)NF1((" I / I'M / IM / ME ")I$)((" SAY /REVEAL/ TELL/ DIVULG")I$)2750|NF1((" YOU")I$)("UNDERSTAND")I$3250("FOUND")I$4500((" YOU ")I$)("HEARD")I$5250((" I ")I$)((" SAID ")I$)5250(" YOU / YOU'RE / YOURE "6h((" ME / I / I'M / IM ")I$)("INNOCENT")I$4000`r("SOMEBODY/ SOMEONE/ ELSE ")I$4000|((" NOTHING")I$)(NF1((" ANYTHING/A THING")I$))1250(" EXPLAIN/ EXPLAN")I$1750NF1((" IDEA/ KNOW/ IMAGINE")I$)2250M(("SECRET")II$2000=J((" I ")I$)((" DID IT/CONFESS/ADMIT")I$)2500O((" I / I'M / IM ")I$)(("GUILT/STOLE/STEAL/KLEPT/ABSCOND")I$)2500T("INTEREST/ STUDY/WORKMANSHIP/DESIGN/COLLECT")I$3000^("FORGERY/FAKE/COPY /REPRODUCTION/IMITATION")I$3500FOR YOURSELF?"UF08"9000:10000:"MRS. HOWE: ";V,("SUSAN/ BRAIT")I$10001(" CAT / BUTLER/ MAID/ CHILD")I$37506(((" PUT")I$)("BACK")I$)("RETURN/REPLAC")I$1500;((" PUT")I$)("DOWN")I$1500@("EXAMIN/ ADMIR/ CLEAN")IVET IN YOUR HAND AND A GUILTY LOOK ON YOUR FACE BUT MRS. EMERSON WHITMAN HOWE HERSELF."c10500"MRS. HOWE: WELL I NEVER!! WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT, "N0$;N2$;", WITH YOUR FAMILY BEING SO RESPECTABLE AND ALL? WHAT, MAY I ASK, DO YOU HAVE TO SAY E TRIVET AND SPIRIT IT BACK INTO THE HOUSE, WRAPPED";" IN AN OLD COPY OF THE BEACON HILL SOCIAL GAZETTE. YOU HAVE JUST OPENED THE DRAWER TO RETURN IT TO ITS PROPER PLACE WHEN WHO SHOULD SUDDENLY FLING OPEN THE DOOR AND CATCH YOU WITH THE";X" TRLY,";f" AND WILL PROBABLY SUSPECT SUSAN, WHO IS THE ONLY GUEST WITH THE REMOTEST NEED FOR MONEY."q105005"SO, FEELING THAT THE LOSS OF SUSAN'S HANDS WOULD NOT REALLY BE HELPFUL IN THE OVERALL SCHEME OF THINGS, YOU GO AFTER HER AND RETRIEVE THEALING";L " MRS. HOWE'S SILVER IS THE RIGHT WAY TO GO ABOUT IT, SINCE,";" FIRST, MRS. HOWE WAS RAISED STRICTLY AND BELIEVES THIEVES SHOULD HAVE THEIR HANDS CUT OFF, AND, SECOND, SHE HAS THE TRIVETS POLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON, WILL MISS IT IMMEDIATE" THE HOSPITAL BILLS FOR HER LITTLE DAUGHTER WHO SUFFERS FROM"; " A DEBILITATING DISEASE.":10500:"YOU KNOW THAT SUSAN NEEDS TO RAISE MONEY TO PAY THESE BILLS LEST THE CHILD BE TAKEN FROM HER AND MADE A WARD OF THE STATE, BUT YOU DON'T THINK THAT ST FROM";< " ITS DRAWER AND CONCEALING IT IN HER HANDBAG."G 10500 "SUSAN COMES FROM AN ARISTOCRATIC FAMILY WHICH HAS FALLEN ON HARD TIMES. HER NE'ER-DO-WELL HUSBAND HAS RUN OFF WITH A DANCE-HALL FLOOZY, LEAVING HER WITHOUT A PENNY TO PAY";@ DE, AND";@ " THE CHAMPAGNE A 1963 CHATEAU ANGOISSE DU PAPE." :"WANDERING FROM ROOM TO ROOM TO ADMIRE THE ORIGINAL MATISSES AND BAVARDS YOU CHANCE UPON SUSAN BRAITHWATE, WHO IS IN THE ACT OF REMOVING A PRICELESS HEIRLOOM, A STERLING SILVER TRIVET,SF0:N0$"MR. "::N0$"MS. "? SF0:N3$"HIS"::N3$"HER"J 10500 "YOU ARE ATTENDING A FASHIONABLE RECEPTION AT THE SHOWCASE HOME OF MRS. EMERSON WHITMAN HOWE, DOYENNE OF BLUEBLOOD BOSTON SOCIETY. THE CANAPES ARE LAVISH, THE GUESTS HAUTE MON ACQUITED HERSELF, THE JURY BEING MORE SYMPATHETIC TO HER PLIGHT THAN MRS. EMERSON WHITMAN HOWE. YOU EMERGE FROM THE AFFAIR A MINOR HERO, RUN FOR ALDERMAN, WIN, AND GO ON TO A";(v" BRILLIANT CAREER IN MASSACHUSETTS AND, LATER, NATIONAL POLITICS." )4!THAT MRS. HOWE'S WORD WILL BE BELIEVED NO MATTER WHAT SHE SAYS, AND YOU RESIGN YOURSELF TO A LONG PRISON TERM. AT THE TRIAL, HOWEVER, SUSAN BRAITHWATE APPEARS DRAMATICALLY";'g" TO ADMIT CULPABILITY FOR THE DEED, AND YOU ARE ACQUITED."(l:"SUSAN ISILVER. ";&"YOU WILL NO DOUBT PLEAD INSANITY BUT NEVER-THE-LESS I INTEND TO PROSECUTE YOU TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW."&X:"HORACE, CALL THE CONSTABLE. WE'RE GOING TO SEE TO IT THAT "N0$;N2$;" LOSES ";N3$;" HANDS."&]10500'b"YOU KNOW TH SOMETHING MORE PLAUSIBLE.":290%UF3ĺ"MY PATIENCE IS GROWING THIN, ";N0$;N2$;". I WANT THE TRUTH THIS TIME, AND NOTHING ELSE.":290 &UF4ĺ"SOMETHING HAS OBVIOUSLY SOFTENED YOUR BRAIN. YOU CAN'T SPEAK UNDERSTANDABLY AND YOU ARE STEALING MY S TO PETTY THIEVERY. I NEVER THOUGHT YOUR FAMILY WAS WORTHY TO BE IN POLITE SOCIETY ANYWAY."f$7000r$dUFUF1$nUF1ĺ"WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY?":290"%xUF2ĺ"AN INGENIOUS EXPLANATION ";N0$;N2$;". HOWEVER, I AM NOT AMUSED. I SUGGEST YOU COME UP WIG WITH MY TRIVET."#280d#"THEN PERHAPS YOU WOULD LIKE TO EXPLAIN THE SITUATION ";N0$;N2$;"."m#280\$"YES I HEARD YOU, YOU IMPERTINENT TWIT! YOUR TONE OF VOICE IS ENOUGH TO CONVICT YOU, AND TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH I'M NOT SUPRISED YOU'VE TAKEN000V""YOU CLAIM MERELY TO HAVE FOUND IT? WHO THEN REMOVED IT IN THE FIRST PLACE?"_"280#"DON'T TRY TO DISTRACT ME WITH PERSONAL REMARKS, "N0$;N2$;", WHICH IN ANY CASE I FIND RATHER OFFENSIVE. I AM WAITING FOR YOU TO TELL ME WHAT YOU WERE DOINLL ON SOMEONE MORE HELPLESS THAN YOURSELF. AREN'T YOU ASHAMED? UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T BELIEVE YOU AT ALL, NOT WITH THAT GUILTY LOOK IN YOUR EYE!"!7000!"YOU CLAIM YOU HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT? OF COURSE, DEAR. AND I'M THE KING OF SIAM.""7S AWAY LEAVING YOU ASTONISHED AT YOUR GOOD FORTUNE. THEN YOU REMEMBER POOR SUSAN BRAITHWATE. SHOULDN'T SHE SHARE IN YOUR NEW FOUND LUCK? NO, YOU THINK, TO HELL WITH HER. WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH MEDICAL, ANYWAY?" 8500!"THAT'S RIGHT. BLAME IT A. AS IT HAPPENS I AM LOOKING FOR AN ASSISTANT--SOMEONE TO HELP"; " ME WITH SOME RATHER DELICATE FINANCIAL MATTERS, NEGOTIATIONS WITH VARIOUS BUSINESS PEOPLE, THAT SORT OF THING. THE SALARY IS EXTREMELY GENEROUS. CALL ME NEXT WEEK.": "SHE SLIP I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE A SCOUNDREL AND A THIEF AND THAT YOU HAVE NO RESPECT FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY OR THE MEMORY-FRAUGHT TREASURE OF A LITTLE OLD LADY." 7000A "A CLEVER RESPONSE ";N0$;N2$;". I DON'T BELIEVE YOU, BUT YOU THINK WELL ON YOUR FEETL WORD! GOOD BYE!!" 8500 "YES, EVERYONE IS INTERESTED IN ANTIQUE SILVER THESE DAYS. BUT I HAPPEN TO THINK IT HAS MORE TO DO WITH THE RISING PRICE OF SILVER THAN IT DOES WITH PAUL REVERE." 7000 "OH, I UNDERSTAND ALL RIGHT, ";N0$;N2$;".COMPLICITY, HOWEVER WELL-MEANING, IN THE ATTEMPTED THEFT OF MY SILVER.": "I WILL, THEREFORE REFRAIN FROM TURNING YOU OVER TO THE LOCAL MAGISTRATE UNDER THE CONDITION THAT YOU POLISH THE BRASS ON MY YACHT EVERY DAY FOR THE NEXT MONTH. THAT IS MY FINAIELDING SOMEONE, ARE YOU NOT, "N0$;N2$;"? I FIND THAT RATHER TOUCHING. YOU ARE SOFT-HEARTED BUT A TRIFLE NAIVE."I :"WELL, UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES I SUPPOSE THE LOSS OF YOUR HANDS WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE. STILL, I AM NOT ALTOGETHER PLEASED WITH YOUR GLY GOOD INVESTMENT"; " OPPORTUNITIES I HAPPEN TO KNOW ABOUT. CALL ME NEXT WEEK."::"SHE SLIPS AWAY, LEAVING YOU WEAK-KNEED. YOU VOW TO SHARE YOUR GOOD FORTUNE WITH SUSAN BRAITHWATE, AND ANGELS BEGIN TO DANCE AROUND YOU." 8500r "YOU ARE SHSOMEONE, AND I HAVE AN IDEA WHO IT IS. WELL, I CAN HARDLY SEND SOMEONE TO JAIL FOR CHIVALRY, CAN I?": "(SHE SMILES CHARMINGLY). YOU KNOW, ";N1$;", I'VE ALWAYS BEEN RATHER TAKEN WITH YOU. 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