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Stupid questions are a specialty of mine. Royce Merrill knew the story well. That smart lawyer youfound? Oh, I know all about him, right down to the UnsatisfactoryConduct he got in the third grade. Nowhold it, I said.

I don't know. She was talking about me. It's the goddamnedest treason in history, said Mr. He said he'd guarantee to cure him up for fifty dol ars, half payable in advance, and that he'd advis