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I decided to go whole hog

“Sunset Best time to prowl God, I love this place I plan to own it someday Don’t worry, I’ll keep you on When I do, I’ll tear down the offices, make everyone really live history Let Manny work over on Tenth Avenue, New York, there! Put Fritz in Berlin, there! Me, Green Town Roy? if he ever returns, the nut Build a dinosaur farm yonder I’d run wild! Instead of forty filie Botwin vice president of the studio, she’s that brilliant, and haul Louis B Mayer out of retirement And—”

I ran out of gas

Doc Phillips stood with his renade

“Anyone o in Notre Dame? I’d like to climb up and pretend I’m Quasimodo Is it safe?”

“No!” said the Doc,a fire hydrant “Not safe We’re doing repairs We’re thinking of tearing the whole thing down”

He turned and walked away “Nuts You’re nuts!” he cried and vanished in the cathedral entrance

I stood watching the open door for about ten seconds, then froze

Because froroan and then a sound like cable or rope rattling against walls

“Doc?!”

I stepped into the entrance, but could see nothing

“Doc?”

A shadow ran up into the cathedral heights It was like a big sandbag being hauled up in shadows

It ree

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