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. Have a Nice Day!"
IV
"I go on working for the same reason a hen goes on laying eggs.**
H. L. MENCKEN 1880-1956
My eyes grew wide. "Oh, goody goody cheesecakes! Fifty whole crowns-golly!
Gwen! Now you can marry me for my money!"
"Do you feel well, dear? You paid more than that for a bottle of wine just
last night. I think it's perfectly stinking. Insulting."
"Of course it is, darling. It is intended to make me angry, in addition to
the inconvenience of forcing me to move. So I won't."
"Won't move?"
"No, no. I'll move at once. There are ways to fight city hall but refusing
to move is not one of them. Not while the Manager's Proxy can cut off power and
ventilation and water and sanitary service. No, dear, the intention is to get me
angry, ruin my judgment, and get me to make threats that can't be carried out."
I smiled at my darling. "So I won't get angry and I'll move right out of
here, meek as a lamb... and the intense anger that I feel down inside will be
kept there, out of sight, until it's useful to me. Besides, it changes nothing,
as I was about to apply for a larger compartment-one more room, at least- for
us. So I'll call him back-dear Mr. Middlegaff, I mean."
I keyed for directory again, not knowing offhand the call code of the
housing office. I punched the "execute" key.
And got a display on the screen of 'TERMINAL OUT OF SERVICE
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