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"So?"

"Iuhturned over the preliminary examination to an assistant He was distracted for a few days over the costs in the sub- system We all know that&039;s top priority if we ever hope to effect any big savings inOh, dear I&039; this badly"

"What did your assistant find?"

"The Dornbaker Account For three days we have been receiving nothing but material on this Dornbaker Account"

"One account?"

"That&039;s why I was so sure that my Chief Accountant would knohat"

Sil-Chan pressed backward into his chair "I"

"I&039;m afraid there&039;s at least one such account Material on it is still pouring out The last running tab showed eighteen billion stellars spent on the Dornbaker Account in the first seven months of this fiscal year"

Sil-Chan opened his n immediately, of course I cannot"

"Oh, don&039;t be a fool! Not a complete fool, at least"

"Sir, I don&039;t understand how you got these records and we in Accountancy have never heard of them"

"It was the way I phrased my request How do you summon the records each year?"

"Accounts for readjuste expenses"

Sil-Chan cri said "I know the procedure How could you suspect such a"

"Even so, our cross-checks and rando has to be justified in the budgets!"

"It wasto you?"

"Deteriorated Accuet! Deteriorated fuel I see! It was"

"thrown in with fuel costs They were large, but we expect thee and"

"Doesn&039;t the Central Co referred to the micro projection on his desk, flipped switches and read from the projection "It refers to Dornbaker access, Dornbaker counterbalance -- that&039;s one ht thousand stellars annually just for robot upkeep -- and there&039;s Dornbaker re-routing and" Tchung mopped his forehead "It takes forty-two minutes just to list the subsections of this account I won&039;t go on with it"

Sil-Chan sed in a dry throat "Forty-two minutes just toDid you say counterbalance?"