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Chapter 4

           I’dworkeditoutonenightandnowthenumberwouldn’tgoaway.EverytimeIwentdownagain,Iaddedon.

           "Howaloneyoumustbebynow."

           Isighedandturnedtoexaminethenearestmaprack.Eachrolledchartwaslabelledattheend.Thenotationwasarchaeological.SyrtisMinor;3rdexcavation,eastquarter.Bradbury;aboriginalruins.Istartedtotugoneoftherollsfree.

           "Mrs.Bancroft,howIfeelisnotatissuehere.Canyouthinkofanyreasonwhyyourhusbandmighthavetriedtokillhimself?"

           ShewhirledonmealmostbeforeIhadfinishedspeakingandherfacewastightwithanger.

           "Myhusbanddidnotkillhimself,"shesaidfreezingly.

           "Youseemverysureofthat."Ilookedupfromthemapandgaveherasmile."Forsomeonewhowasn’tawake,Imean."

           "Putthatback,"shecried,startingtowardsme."Youhavenoideahowvaluable"

           Shestopped,broughtupshortasIslidthemapbackintotherack.Sheswallowedandbroughttheflushinhercheeksundercontrol.

           "Areyoutryingtomakemeangry,Mr.Kovacs?"

           "I’mjusttryingtogetsomeattention."

           Welookedateachotherforapairofseconds.Mrs.Bancroftloweredhergaze.

           "I’vetoldyou,Iwasasleepwhenithappened.

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