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"Tell hiive every consideration to the fa my life"

"They'll be well taken care of," Nichols assured her

Hala was lying propped in a bed, wearing a white velour sweatsuit striped in jade with a knit polo collar Her right ankle was in a plaster cast She looked at Nichols, then toward Julius Schiller and Senator Pitt, ere all seated opposite her bed "I'entlemen took time from their busy schedules to fly to Colorado and accompany me back to New York"

"If we can do anything-"

"You've done ner on your soil could expect"

"You have the lives of a cat," said Senator Pitt

Her lips parted in a slight smile "I oo of theht place when you least expect him"

"I saw Dirk's old car It's a miracle you all survived"

"A truly beautiful hed "A pity it was destroyed "

Nichols cleared his throat "If we may touch on the subject of your address to the UN tomorrow"

"Have your people turned up any solid data leading to the Alexandriaartifacts?" Hala asked sharply

Nichols glanced at the Senator and Schiller with the look of a man who suddenly stepped in quicksand The Senator threw hiave the reply

"We haven't had time to launch a massive search," he said honestly "We know little o"

Nichols began hesitantly "The Presidenthe hoped"

"I'll save you time, Mr Nichols" Hala's eyes turned to Schiller "You may rest easy, Juhus, my speech will include a brief report on the inuninent discovery of the Alexandria Library antiquities"