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"Like some coffee?" asked Pitt

"No, thanks I'erator and poured herself a glass of buttermilk

"You know the subject of Press Secretary Thompson's news release?"

Sandecker prompted her

Loren nodded "My press aid and his wife are chuether last night

Tho the Alaskan tragedy to rest, but that was all He didn't slip the details"

Sandecker turned to Pitt "If you persist in this vendetta, you'll be stepping on a lot of toes"

"I won't give it up," Pitt said gravely

Sandecker looked at Loren "And you, Congresswoman Smith?"

"Loren"

"Loren," he obliged "May I ask what your interest is in this?"

She hesitated for a fraction of a second and then said, "Let's just say congressional curiosity about a possible government scandal"

"You haven't told her the true purpose behind your Alaskan fishing expedition?" Sandecker asked Pitt

"No"

"I think you should tell her"