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"Must you call me that?"

Evie considered it "Yes I believe I uardian?"

"Jericho was an orphan in the Children’s Hospital"

"Gee, I’m sorry But how--"

"I believe the question has been answered," Uncle Will said "If Jericho wishes to tell you more, he will on his own terms and in his own ti snappy back, but she was a guest here, so she changed the subject "Is the museum always that empty?"

"What do you mean?" Uncle Will asked

"Es"

"It’s a little slow just now"

"Slow? It’s a o under What we need is so"

Will looked at Evie funny "Advertising?"

"Yes You’ve heard of it, haven’t you? Swellthey need Soap, lipstick, radios--or your an, like, ‘The Museuot the spirit!’ "

"Things are fine as they are," Will said, as if that settled the matter