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and has deposited with the Company a return ticket or the equivalent in cash, as
well as paying the breathing fee ninety days in advance-these latter two being
all the Company cares about.
I do not know as certainty that the Company would space a man who, through
some slip, has neither a ticket away nor air money. They might let him sell his
indentures. But I would not count on it. Eating vacuum is not something I care
to risk.
This Company ID stated that the holder was Enrico Schultz, age 32, citizen
of Belize, born Ciudad Castro, occupation accountant. The picture with it was
that of the poor slob who got himself killed through bracing me in too public a
place... and for the steenth time I wondered why he hadn't phoned me, then
called on me in private. As "Dr. Ames" I am in the directory... and invoking
"Walker Evans" would have got him a hearing, a private hearing.
I showed it to Gwen. "Is that our boy?"
"I think so. I'm not sure."
"I am sure. As I talked to him face to face for several minutes."
The oddest part about Schultz's wallet was what it did not contain. In
addition to the Swiss gold certificates it held eight hundred and thirty-one
crowns and that Golden Rule ID.
But that was all.
No credit cards, no motor vehicle pilot's license, no insurance cards, no
union or guild card, no other identification cards, no membership cards, nit
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