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The briefest movement of the head. A nameless fear that had no origin and had no definition. There was no totallyrational explanation that Arthur Crewes could codify for her. She tookthat to be treasure indeed.

I make it fifteen or twenty, maybe more. I pushed past Crewes, standing there with his hand on the peelingyellow paint banister, his mouth open. I was right, of course. The trouble with America is that we don’ t hold a grudge long enough.