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“How o to the border with Tibet?” he asked “With amnesia included”

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“After this is over,” Gannon said, “I want you to forget we ever met”

The man nodded “One thousand dollars,” he said easily, “and one DVD player”

“Sounds reasonable,” Gannon said “Now, do you knohere I can buy an ox?”

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THEOregon was a buzz of activity Belowdecks in the Magic Shop, the players in the band were checking their instru their costumes Juan Cabrillo flipped open his cell phone and answered a call

“Situation is stabilized here,” Linda Ross said “I’m headed to the site now”

“We’ve got threefrom outside the wall,” Cabrillo said “If anyone catches on, you sound the alar”

“Piece of cake,” Ross said

The telephone went dead and Cabrillo turned to Max Hanley

“Iselda isher entrance”

“So far so good,” Hanley said

Mark Murphy finished with Kasio,” he said

Michael Halpert was playing with a microphone Murphy turned to him and motioned