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Pitt nodded "You're eating basic Ger and steamed spiced sauerkraut preceded by lentil soup with pork liver sausage"

"I should have brought Munich beer instead of chane"

Be adventuresome," said Pitt "Why follow the rules?"

You're absolutely right," said Perlmutter "Sounds wonderful You'll "

"I's"

"Speaking of lovely ladies, what do you hear froresswoman Smith?"

"Loren is back in Colorado, caress," explained Pitt "I haven't seen her in nearly two months"

"Enough of this idle talk," said Perlet to work"

Pitt provided an ice bucket, and they went through the Donon before thedessert Perl wine froood, dry and crisp," he said slyly "Where can I buy a case?"

"If it was only `quite good,' you wouldn't be interested in obtaining a case," said Pitt, grinning "You're an old charlatan"

Perled "I never could fool you"

As soon as Pitt cleared the dishes, Perl room, opened his briefcase and laid a thick sheaf of papers on the coffee table When Pitt joined hi his notations

Pitt settled in a leather sofa beneath staggered shelves that held a small fleet of ship models, replicas of ships that Pitt had discovered over the years "So what have you got on the renowned Dorsett family?"

"Would you believe this represents a shallow scratch on the surface?" Perl up the thick volues "From what I've researched, the Dorsett history reads like a dynasty out of an epic novel"

"What about the current head of the family, Arthur Dorsett?"