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Chapter 9

           Shegotoutfromabottomdeskdraweratonicshekeptathandforsuchdifficultoccasions.Shetookonedosequickly,measuredoutasecond,andthoughtaboutwhatSimonwouldhavedone.Afterawhileshecouldhearhiseven,steadytones:"Confidence,kiddo,confidence!Haveconfidenceinyourselfandtheyokelswillhaveconfidenceinyou.Youoweittothem."

           ShefeltmuchbetternowandstartedwritingouttheresultsofthetwohoroscopesfortheDouglases.Thatdone,itturnedouttobeeasytowriteoneforSmith,andshefound,asshealwaysdid,thatthewordsonpaperprovedthemselvestheywereallsobeautifullytrue!ShewasjustfinishingasAgnesDouglascalledagain."Allie?Haven’tyoufinishedyet?"

           "Justcompleted,"MadameVesantansweredwithbriskself-confidence."Yourealize,ofcourse,thatyoungSmith’shoroscopepresentedanunusualandverydifficultproblemintheScience.Born,ashewas,onanotherplanet,everyaspectandattitudehadtoberecalculated.TheinfluenceoftheSunislessened;theinfluenceofDianaismissingalmostcompletely.Jupiteristhrownintoanovel,perhapsIshouldsay‘unique,’aspect,asIamsureyouwillsee.Thisrequiredcomputationof-"

           "Allie!Nevermindthat.Doyouknowtheanswers?"

           "Naturally."

           "Oh,thankgoodness!Ithoughtperhapsyouweretryingtotellmethatitwastoomuchforyou."

           MadameVesantshowedandsincerelyfeltinjureddignity."Mydear,theScienceneveralters;onlytheconfigurationsalter.

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