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By Jack Vance

Myron's mom and dad insisted that he research economics, and Myron dutifully utilized himself. yet Myron had an aunt--his nice aunt Hester Lojoie, a girl of serious wealth inherited from a lifeless husband, or even higher flamboyance of nature. And whilst Dame Hester got here into ownership of an area yacht, Myron without warning observed his long-supressed goals of experience bloom into new life.

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Wait a bit. A crumpled sheet of paper, on the floor between couch and coffee table. Yamamura stopped, hesitated, and picked it up. Even dead, his client had a claim on him. He smoothed it out with care. It had originally been folded to fit an envelope. A letter, in a woman's handwriting, dated yesterday. DEAD PHONE. 101 My dear Aaron–for you were very dear to me once, and in a way you still are. Not least, I suppose, because you have asked me to return to you, after all the heartbreak and bitterness.

He wouldn't be suspicious. As things turned out, though, he died and she left. " Moffat tugged his chin. "The autopsy will show how much he did or did not drink," he said. " "Probably. But it's no solid proof. He didn't have to be on a tear when he decided to end his life. The missing booze could've been spilled accidentally. But it would help plant the idea of suicide in people's minds. She's clever. Ruthless. " DEAD PHONE. " "Money. If Bayard testified against her in the divorce proceedings, she'd get nothing but the usual settlement.

Maybe he went out, I'll wait. He hung coat and hat on the rack and passed on in. The room beyond, illuminated by a ceiling light and a floor lamp, was large and low, well furnished but with the comfortable slight shab-biness of a long-established home. At the far end was a couch with a coffee table in front. Cardynge lay there. Yamamura plunged toward him. " he DEAD PHONE. 103 DEAD PHONE 103 shouted, and got no response. Cardynge was sprawled full length, neck resting across the arm of the couch.

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