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More lights and buzzers. I was furious at having fallen twice into so simple a trap. "That doesn't count! That's not my answer!"
Bray made a clicking chuckle. But as he shrugged his shoulders (bony, like his hands), ready to dismiss me, Anastasia said meekly to him, "Actually itdidn't count, Sir. . ."
He tutted. "Of course it did. That was the Candidacy Question, and he flunked it."
Humbly she smiled. "But we didn't have aReady on my panel, I'm afraid. Do You think his watch-chain might have short-circuited something?"
"Flunk it all!" Bray cursed.
"Give me a second," I said. "I'll get it loose." I bent to see how the chain was fouled, doubly happy for the second chance and the evidence that Anastasia was after all loyal. Alas, the chain-end had got into a slot in the panel and would not come free; above it an orange light glowed. I fumbled to employ one of Eierkopf's
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