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Indirection, by Everett B. Cole
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Title: Indirection
Author: Everett B. Cole
Illustrator: Freas
Release Date: November 5, 2007 [EBook #23339]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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INDIRECTION
The best way to keep a secret is to publish it in a quite unbelievable form--and insist that it is the truth.
BY EVERETT B. COLE
Illustrated by Freas
Elwar Forell leaned back in his chair, looking about the small dining salon. The usual couples were there, he noticed. Of course, the faces were different from those of last evening, but the poses were similar. And the people were there for the same reasons. They were enjoying the food and drinks, just as many others had enjoyed them before. But like all those others, their greater enjoyment was in the company of one another. Forell glanced at the vacant chair across the table from him and sighed.
It would be nice, he thought, if-- But any arrangement involving a permanent companion would be hardly practical under his circumstances. After all, prudence dictated limits.
He picked up his cup and drained it, then leaned back and beckoned the waiter over.
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