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“No,” he said. “Mister Berson sent me here.”<br />

“Has he had dealings with Miss Pryce in the past?”<br />

“It’s no’ my place t’ say,” the man said. He seemed<br />

unsettled by the question. “Mister Berson sent me<br />

here.”<br />

“You already said that.”<br />

“An’ will ya accept his offer?” He shifted in his<br />

chair, then straightened, regaining some measure of his<br />

composure. “Most men o’ yar … station would leap at<br />

th’ chance t’ work for Mister Berson.”<br />

“Most men of my station wouldn’t be offered the<br />

opportunity.”<br />

“Ya make my point for me, Mister Kaille.”<br />

“Right, but what I’m wondering…” He stopped in<br />

midsentence, staring at the man.<br />

“Yes?”<br />

Of course. It came to him in a rush, along with his<br />

memory of the conjuring he had felt the night before. He<br />

should have understood immediately. If he was going to<br />

risk angering Pryce, he couldn’t afford to be this slowwitted.<br />

“All right,” Ethan said. “I’ll do it.”

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