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... then you would have
to pay a second deposit to get into your room."
I took Gwen firmly by the elbow. "Fair enough. If he shows up, let us know,
will you? Room L."
He looked at Gwen. "You don't want room KK?"
"No."
He turned his attention to me. "You have Room L at its single rate. For
double occupancy we charge more."
Suddenly I had had it. All the kaka, all the shoving around, all the petty
nonsense I could take. "You try to clip me one more crown and I'll haul you down
to Bottom Alley and unscrew your head! Come along, dear."
I was still fuming when I let us into our room and locked the door. "Gwen,
let's not stay in Luna. The place has changed. For the worse."
"Where do you want to go, Richard?" She looked and sounded distressed.
"Uh- I would opt to emigrate, right out of the System-
Botany Bay, or Proxima, or such-if I were younger and had two legs." I
sighed. "'Sometimes I feel like a motherless child.'"
"Sweetheart-"
"Yes, dear?"
"I'm here, and I want to mother you. I go where you go. I'll follow you to
the ends of the Galaxy. But I don't want to leave Luna City just yet... if you
will indulge me. We can go out now and search for somewhere else to stay. If we
don't find a place-Rabbi Ezra may be right-can't we put up with that surly clerk
until Monday? Then we can certainly find a place
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