LVNGROOM.STR
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FILENAME(S): LVNGROOM.STR
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| ADLER DISK A3 A | LVNGROOM.STR | PRG | BrainSkull, Sammlung | 26 | 9 | DOWNLOAD FILE |
| ADVENTURES | LVNGROOM.STR | PRG | High Voltage Complete C64 Collection, Markus Merz | 26 | 9 | DOWNLOAD FILE |
| PARRY MASON | LVNGROOM.STR | PRG | High Voltage Complete C64 Collection, Markus Merz | 26 | 9 | DOWNLOAD FILE |
| PMS 101785 41S1 | LVNGROOM.STR | PRG | High Voltage Complete C64 Collection | 26 | 9 | DOWNLOAD FILE |
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A w| 00000230: 65 74 20 62 61 72 2C 20 6C 69 6E 65 64 20 77 69 |et bar, lined wi| 00000240: 74 68 20 62 6F 74 74 6C 65 73 2C 20 73 74 61 6E |th bottles, stan| 00000250: 64 73 20 61 6C 6F 6E 67 20 74 68 65 20 73 61 6D |ds along the sam| 00000260: 65 20 77 61 6C 6C 20 61 73 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 |e wall as the fi| 00000270: 72 65 70 6C 61 63 65 2E 00 54 68 65 20 6C 69 67 |replace..The lig| 00000280: 68 74 73 77 69 74 63 68 20 69 73 20 73 65 74 20 |htswitch is set | 00000290: 74 6F 20 22 4F 4E 22 2E 00 46 6F 72 20 61 20 6D |to "ON"..For a m| 000002A0: 6F 6D 65 6E 74 2C 20 61 6C 6C 20 67 6F 65 73 20 |oment, all goes | 000002B0: 64 61 72 6B 20 69 6E 20 74 68 65 20 72 6F 6F 6D |dark in the room| 000002C0: 2E 20 00 54 68 65 6E 2C 20 74 68 65 20 6C 69 67 |. .Then, the lig| 000002D0: 68 74 73 20 63 6F 6D 65 20 6F 6E 2E 20 59 6F 75 |hts come on. You| 000002E0: 20 73 65 65 20 53 65 72 67 65 61 6E 74 20 48 6F | see Sergeant Ho| 000002F0: 6C 63 6F 6D 62 20 73 74 61 6E 64 69 6E 67 20 62 |lcomb standing b| 00000300: 79 20 61 6E 6F 74 68 65 72 20 6C 69 67 68 74 73 |y another lights| 00000310: 77 69 74 63 68 20 61 63 72 6F 73 73 20 74 68 65 |witch across the| 00000320: 20 72 6F 6F 6D 2E 20 00 49 74 20 69 73 20 61 6C | room. .It is al| 00000330: 72 65 61 64 79 20 6F 6E 2E 00 59 6F 75 20 70 69 |ready on..You pi| 00000340: 63 6B 20 75 70 20 61 20 6C 65 61 66 20 6F 66 66 |ck up a leaf off| 00000350: 20 74 68 65 20 66 6C 6F 6F 72 2C 20 64 69 73 63 | the floor, disc| 00000360: 6F 76 65 72 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 74 20 69 73 20 |over that it is | 00000370: 6D 65 72 65 6C 79 20 67 6F 6C 64 2D 70 6C 61 74 |merely gold-plat| 00000380: 65 64 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 70 75 74 20 69 74 20 69 |ed, and put it i| 00000390: 6E 20 79 6F 75 72 20 70 6F 63 6B 65 74 2E 00 54 |n your pocket..T| 000003A0: 68 65 20 6F 75 74 6C 69 6E 65 20 64 65 70 69 63 |he outline depic| 000003B0: 74 73 20 61 20 70 65 72 73 6F 6E 20 6C 79 69 6E |ts a person lyin| 000003C0: 67 20 77 69 74 68 20 68 69 73 20 68 65 61 64 20 |g with his head | 000003D0: 61 6E 64 20 6F 75 74 73 74 72 65 74 63 68 65 64 |and outstretched| 000003E0: 20 61 72 6D 73 20 70 6F 69 6E 74 69 6E 67 20 74 | arms pointing t| 000003F0: 6F 77 61 72 64 20 74 68 65 20 6B 69 74 63 68 65 |oward the kitche| 00000400: 6E 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 68 69 73 20 6C 65 67 73 20 |n, and his legs | 00000410: 70 6F 69 6E 74 69 6E 67 20 74 6F 77 61 72 64 20 |pointing toward | 00000420: 74 68 65 20 66 6F 79 65 72 2E 00 54 68 65 20 73 |the foyer..The s| 00000430: 74 61 74 75 65 20 64 65 70 69 63 74 73 20 61 20 |tatue depicts a | 00000440: 77 6F 6D 61 6E 20 62 65 69 6E 67 20 74 72 61 6E |woman being tran| 00000450: 73 66 6F 72 6D 65 64 20 69 6E 74 6F 20 61 20 74 |sformed into a t| 00000460: 72 65 65 2E 20 54 68 65 20 64 65 73 63 72 69 70 |ree. The descrip| 00000470: 74 69 6F 6E 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 62 61 73 65 |tion at the base| 00000480: 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 20 73 74 61 74 75 65 20 72 | of the statue r| 00000490: 65 61 64 73 20 22 44 61 70 68 6E 65 22 2E 20 47 |eads "Daphne". G| 000004A0: 6F 6C 64 65 6E 20 6C 65 61 76 65 73 20 6C 69 65 |olden leaves lie| 000004B0: 20 73 63 61 74 74 65 72 65 64 20 6F 6E 20 74 68 | scattered on th| 000004C0: 65 20 66 6C 6F 6F 72 2E 00 54 68 65 20 74 61 62 |e floor..The tab| 000004D0: 6C 65 20 69 73 20 6D 61 64 65 20 6F 66 20 6D 61 |le is made of ma| 000004E0: 68 6F 67 61 6E 79 2E 20 4F 6E 20 74 68 65 20 74 |hogany. On the t| 000004F0: 61 62 6C 65 74 6F 70 20 79 6F 75 20 73 65 65 20 |abletop you see | 00000500: 00 61 20 68 61 6C 66 2D 73 6D 6F 6B 65 64 20 63 |.a half-smoked c| 00000510: 6C 6F 76 65 20 63 69 67 61 72 65 74 74 65 2C 20 |love cigarette, | 00000520: 00 61 20 68 69 67 68 62 61 6C 6C 20 67 6C 61 73 |.a highball glas| 00000530: 73 20 63 6F 76 65 72 65 64 20 77 69 74 68 20 66 |s covered with f| 00000540: 69 6E 67 65 72 70 72 69 6E 74 20 64 75 73 74 2C |ingerprint dust,| 00000550: 20 61 6E 64 20 61 20 77 61 74 65 72 73 74 61 69 | and a waterstai| 00000560: 6E 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 6F 74 68 65 72 20 65 |n at the other e| 00000570: 6E 64 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 20 74 61 62 6C 65 2E |nd of the table.| 00000580: 20 48 6F 6C 63 6F 6D 62 20 63 61 6C 6C 73 20 74 | Holcomb calls t| 00000590: 6F 20 79 6F 75 2E 20 22 54 68 65 20 66 69 6E 67 |o you. "The fing| 000005A0: 65 72 70 72 69 6E 74 73 20 6F 6E 20 74 68 65 20 |erprints on the | 000005B0: 68 69 67 68 62 61 6C 6C 20 67 6C 61 73 73 20 77 |highball glass w| 000005C0: 65 72 65 20 4B 61 70 70 27 73 2E 20 44 6F 6E 27 |ere Kapp's. Don'| 000005D0: 74 20 6D 65 73 73 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 6E 79 74 |t mess with anyt| 000005E0: 68 69 6E 67 20 6F 6E 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 61 62 |hing on that tab| 000005F0: 6C 65 2C 20 4D 61 73 6F 6E 2E 22 00 54 68 65 20 |le, Mason.".The | 00000600: 62 61 72 27 73 20 65 78 71 75 69 73 69 74 65 20 |bar's exquisite | 00000610: 74 65 61 6B 20 69 73 20 6D 61 72 72 65 64 20 62 |teak is marred b| 00000620: 79 20 61 20 62 75 6C 6C 65 74 20 68 6F 6C 65 2E |y a bullet hole.| 00000630: 20 54 68 65 20 68 6F 6C 65 20 67 6F 65 73 20 69 | The hole goes i| 00000640: 6E 20 61 20 66 65 77 20 69 6E 63 68 65 73 2C 20 |n a few inches, | 00000650: 62 75 74 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 69 73 20 6E 6F 20 |but there is no | 00000660: 73 69 67 6E 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 20 62 75 6C 6C |sign of the bull| 00000670: 65 74 2E 20 48 6F 6C 63 6F 6D 62 20 77 61 74 63 |et. Holcomb watc| 00000680: 68 65 73 20 6F 76 65 72 20 79 6F 75 2E 00 54 68 |hes over you..Th| 00000690: 65 20 72 75 67 20 6C 6F 6F 6B 73 20 74 6F 20 62 |e rug looks to b| 000006A0: 65 20 61 20 72 65 73 74 6F 72 65 64 20 61 6E 74 |e a restored ant| 000006B0: 69 71 75 65 2E 20 4F 6E 20 74 68 65 20 72 75 67 |ique. On the rug| 000006C0: 20 6E 65 61 72 20 6F 6E 65 20 65 6E 64 20 6F 66 | near one end of| 000006D0: 20 74 68 65 20 63 6F 66 66 65 65 20 74 61 62 6C | the coffee tabl| 000006E0: 65 2C 20 79 6F 75 20 66 69 6E 64 20 74 68 65 20 |e, you find the | 000006F0: 73 68 61 72 64 73 20 6F 66 20 61 20 62 72 6F 6B |shards of a brok| 00000700: 65 6E 20 77 69 6E 65 67 6C 61 73 73 20 6F 76 65 |en wineglass ove| 00000710: 72 20 61 20 73 70 6F 74 20 6F 6E 20 74 68 65 20 |r a spot on the | 00000720: 72 75 67 2E 00 59 6F 75 20 63 61 74 63 68 20 61 |rug..You catch a| 00000730: 20 66 61 69 6E 74 20 77 68 69 66 66 20 6F 66 20 | faint whiff of | 00000740: 77 69 6E 65 2E 00 54 68 65 72 65 20 61 72 65 20 |wine..There are | 00000750: 6E 6F 74 68 69 6E 67 20 62 75 74 20 61 73 68 65 |nothing but ashe| 00000760: 73 20 69 6E 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 72 65 70 6C 61 |s in the firepla| 00000770: 63 65 2E 00 59 6F 75 20 68 65 61 72 20 48 6F 6C |ce..You hear Hol| 00000780: 63 6F 6D 62 27 73 20 6C 61 75 67 68 74 65 72 20 |comb's laughter | 00000790: 61 73 20 79 6F 75 20 6D 61 6B 65 20 61 20 6D 65 |as you make a me| 000007A0: 73 73 20 6F 66 20 79 6F 75 72 20 68 61 6E 64 73 |ss of your hands| 000007B0: 20 61 6E 64 20 63 6C 6F 74 68 65 73 2E 00 48 6F | and clothes..Ho| 000007C0: 6C 63 6F 6D 62 20 68 61 73 20 74 68 69 6E 6E 69 |lcomb has thinni| 000007D0: 6E 67 20 62 6C 61 63 6B 20 68 61 69 72 20 61 6E |ng black hair an| 000007E0: 64 20 61 20 73 6C 69 67 68 74 20 70 6F 74 20 62 |d a slight pot b| 000007F0: 65 6C 6C 79 2E 20 48 65 20 69 73 20 69 6E 20 75 |elly. He is in u| 00000800: 6E 69 66 6F 72 6D 2E 00 54 68 65 72 65 27 73 20 |niform..There's | 00000810: 6E 6F 20 00 20 69 6E 20 74 68 65 20 6C 69 76 69 |no . in the livi| 00000820: 6E 67 20 72 6F 6F 6D 2E 20 20 00 49 74 20 66 65 |ng room. .It fe| 00000830: 65 6C 73 20 67 6F 6F 64 20 74 6F 20 73 69 74 20 |els good to sit | 00000840: 64 6F 77 6E 2E 20 41 66 74 65 72 20 61 20 6D 6F |down. After a mo| 00000850: 6D 65 6E 74 20 79 6F 75 20 72 65 61 6C 69 7A 65 |ment you realize| 00000860: 20 74 68 61 74 20 79 6F 75 20 68 61 64 20 62 65 | that you had be| 00000870: 74 74 65 72 20 63 6F 6E 74 69 6E 75 65 20 77 69 |tter continue wi| 00000880: 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 77 6F 72 6B 20 79 6F 75 20 |th the work you | 00000890: 63 61 6D 65 20 68 65 72 65 20 74 6F 20 64 6F 20 |came here to do | 000008A0: 61 6E 64 20 73 74 61 6E 64 20 62 61 63 6B 20 75 |and stand back u| 000008B0: 70 2E 00 54 68 65 20 63 69 67 61 72 65 74 74 65 |p..The cigarette| 000008C0: 20 69 73 20 61 6C 6C 20 67 6F 6E 65 2C 20 6D 61 | is all gone, ma| 000008D0: 79 62 65 20 79 6F 75 20 73 68 6F 75 6C 64 20 63 |ybe you should c| 000008E0: 75 74 20 64 6F 77 6E 20 61 6E 79 77 61 79 2E 00 |ut down anyway..| 000008F0: 00 22 47 65 74 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 70 |."Get with the p| 00000900: 72 6F 67 72 61 6D 2C 20 4D 61 73 6F 6E 21 22 20 |rogram, Mason!" | 00000910: 67 72 6F 77 6C 73 20 74 68 65 20 73 65 72 67 65 |growls the serge| 00000920: 61 6E 74 2E 20 22 49 66 20 49 20 63 61 74 63 68 |ant. "If I catch| 00000930: 20 79 6F 75 20 74 6F 75 63 68 69 6E 67 20 74 68 | you touching th| 00000940: 61 74 20 6F 72 20 61 6E 79 74 68 69 6E 67 20 65 |at or anything e| 00000950: 6C 73 65 20 69 6E 20 74 68 69 73 20 72 6F 6F 6D |lse in this room| 00000960: 2C 20 49 20 6D 61 79 20 6A 75 73 74 20 68 61 76 |, I may just hav| 00000970: 65 20 74 6F 20 61 72 72 65 73 74 20 79 6F 75 20 |e to arrest you | 00000980: 66 6F 72 20 74 61 6D 70 65 72 69 6E 67 20 77 69 |for tampering wi| 00000990: 74 68 20 73 74 61 74 65 27 73 20 65 76 69 64 65 |th state's evide| 000009A0: 6E 63 65 2E 22 20 52 65 61 6C 69 7A 69 6E 67 20 |nce." Realizing | 000009B0: 74 68 61 74 20 68 65 27 73 20 6E 6F 74 20 6B 69 |that he's not ki| 000009C0: 64 64 69 6E 67 2C 20 79 6F 75 20 70 75 74 20 69 |dding, you put i| 000009D0: 74 20 64 6F 77 6E 2E 00 59 6F 75 20 70 69 63 6B |t down..You pick| 000009E0: 20 75 70 20 74 68 65 20 63 69 67 61 72 65 74 74 | up the cigarett| 000009F0: 65 20 77 69 74 68 6F 75 74 20 48 6F 6C 63 6F 6D |e without Holcom| 00000A00: 62 20 6E 6F 74 69 63 69 6E 67 2E 00 59 6F 75 20 |b noticing..You | 00000A10: 62 75 6D 20 61 20 6C 69 67 68 74 20 66 72 6F 6D |bum a light from| 00000A20: 20 48 6F 6C 63 6F 6D 62 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 6C 69 | Holcomb, and li| 00000A30: 67 68 74 20 75 70 2E 20 54 68 65 20 63 6C 6F 76 |ght up. The clov| 00000A40: 65 20 63 69 67 61 72 65 74 74 65 20 68 61 73 20 |e cigarette has | 00000A50: 61 20 73 77 65 65 74 20 74 61 73 74 65 20 61 6E |a sweet taste an| 00000A60: 64 20 6D 61 6B 65 73 20 79 6F 75 20 66 65 65 6C |d makes you feel| 00000A70: 20 6D 6F 6D 65 6E 74 61 72 69 6C 79 20 6C 69 67 | momentarily lig| 00000A80: 68 74 68 65 61 64 65 64 2E 59 6F 75 20 73 6D 6F |htheaded.You smo| 00000A90: 6B 65 20 74 68 65 20 72 65 73 74 20 6F 66 20 69 |ke the rest of i| 00000AA0: 74 2E 00 54 68 65 20 74 61 62 6C 65 20 69 73 20 |t..The table is | 00000AB0: 63 6C 65 61 6E 20 6F 66 20 64 75 73 74 2E 00 4F |clean of dust..O| 00000AC0: 6E 20 74 6F 70 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 20 74 61 62 |n top of the tab| 00000AD0: 6C 65 20 79 6F 75 20 73 65 65 20 61 20 64 6F 63 |le you see a doc| 00000AE0: 75 6D 65 6E 74 2E 00 59 6F 75 20 62 72 69 65 66 |ument..You brief| 00000AF0: 6C 79 20 6C 65 61 66 20 74 68 72 6F 75 67 68 20 |ly leaf through | 00000B00: 74 68 65 20 73 74 61 70 6C 65 64 20 70 61 67 65 |the stapled page| 00000B10: 73 2E 20 49 74 20 69 73 20 61 20 64 72 61 66 74 |s. It is a draft| 00000B20: 20 6F 66 20 61 20 63 6F 6E 74 72 61 63 74 20 62 | of a contract b| 00000B30: 65 74 77 65 65 6E 20 4A 75 6C 69 61 6E 20 4D 61 |etween Julian Ma| 00000B40: 73 74 65 72 73 20 61 6E 64 20 56 69 63 74 6F 72 |sters and Victor| 00000B50: 20 4B 61 70 70 2E 20 20 52 65 61 64 69 6E 67 20 | Kapp. Reading | 00000B60: 61 20 6C 69 74 74 6C 65 20 6D 6F 72 65 20 63 6C |a little more cl| 00000B70: 6F 73 65 6C 79 2C 20 79 6F 75 20 64 69 73 63 6F |osely, you disco| 00000B80: 76 65 72 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 63 6F 6E |ver that the con| 00000B90: 74 72 61 63 74 20 63 61 6C 6C 73 20 66 6F 72 20 |tract calls for | 00000BA0: 4A 75 6C 69 61 6E 20 74 6F 20 62 75 79 20 6F 75 |Julian to buy ou| 00000BB0: 74 20 56 69 63 74 6F 72 27 73 20 73 68 61 72 65 |t Victor's share| 00000BC0: 73 20 69 6E 20 74 68 65 20 41 72 67 6F 73 20 43 |s in the Argos C| 00000BD0: 61 66 65 2E 00 59 6F 75 20 77 61 69 74 20 75 6E |afe..You wait un| 00000BE0: 74 69 6C 20 48 6F 6C 63 6F 6D 62 20 69 73 20 6C |til Holcomb is l| 00000BF0: 6F 6F 6B 69 6E 67 20 74 68 65 20 6F 74 68 65 72 |ooking the other| 00000C00: 20 77 61 79 20 61 6E 64 20 73 6C 69 64 65 20 74 | way and slide t| 00000C10: 68 65 20 64 6F 63 75 6D 65 6E 74 20 69 6E 74 6F |he document into| 00000C20: 20 79 6F 75 72 20 6A 61 63 6B 65 74 27 73 20 62 | your jacket's b| 00000C30: 72 65 61 73 74 20 70 6F 63 6B 65 74 2E 00 4F 6E |reast pocket..On| 00000C40: 65 20 73 74 65 72 6E 20 6C 6F 6F 6B 20 66 72 6F |e stern look fro| 00000C50: 6D 20 53 65 72 67 65 61 6E 74 20 48 6F 6C 63 6F |m Sergeant Holco| 00000C60: 6D 62 20 63 6F 6E 76 69 6E 63 65 73 20 79 6F 75 |mb convinces you| 00000C70: 20 6F 74 68 65 72 77 69 73 65 2E 00 42 65 68 69 | otherwise..Behi| 00000C80: 6E 64 20 74 68 65 20 62 61 72 20 79 6F 75 20 66 |nd the bar you f| 00000C90: 69 6E 64 20 61 20 66 75 6C 6C 20 61 73 73 6F 72 |ind a full assor| 00000CA0: 74 6D 65 6E 74 20 6F 66 20 6C 69 71 75 6F 72 73 |tment of liquors| 00000CB0: 20 61 6E 64 20 6C 69 71 75 65 75 72 73 2E 20 53 | and liqueurs. S| 00000CC0: 65 76 65 72 61 6C 20 62 6F 74 74 6C 65 73 20 61 |everal bottles a| 00000CD0: 72 65 20 61 6C 6D 6F 73 74 20 65 6D 70 74 79 2E |re almost empty.| 00000CE0: 00 59 6F 75 20 72 65 63 6F 67 6E 69 7A 65 20 74 |.You recognize t| 00000CF0: 68 65 20 62 72 61 6E 64 20 6E 61 6D 65 2E 20 49 |he brand name. I| 00000D00: 74 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 6D 6F 73 74 20 65 78 |t is the most ex| 00000D10: 70 65 6E 73 69 76 65 20 74 79 70 65 20 61 20 70 |pensive type a p| 00000D20: 65 72 73 6F 6E 20 63 61 6E 20 62 75 79 2E 00 59 |erson can buy..Y| 00000D30: 6F 75 20 74 61 6B 65 20 61 20 73 77 69 67 2E 20 |ou take a swig. | 00000D40: 41 73 20 79 6F 75 20 70 75 74 20 74 68 65 20 62 |As you put the b| 00000D50: 6F 74 74 6C 65 20 64 6F 77 6E 2C 20 79 6F 75 20 |ottle down, you | 00000D60: 6E 6F 74 69 63 65 20 53 65 72 67 65 61 6E 74 20 |notice Sergeant | 00000D70: 48 6F 6C 63 6F 6D 62 20 77 61 6C 6B 69 6E 67 20 |Holcomb walking | 00000D80: 74 6F 77 61 72 64 20 79 6F 75 2E 20 48 65 20 6C |toward you. He l| 00000D90: 6F 6F 6B 73 20 61 6E 67 72 79 2E 20 20 00 22 4C |ooks angry. ."L| 00000DA0: 6F 6F 6B 20 4D 61 73 6F 6E 2C 22 20 6D 75 74 74 |ook Mason," mutt| 00000DB0: 65 72 73 20 48 6F 6C 63 6F 6D 62 2C 20 22 49 27 |ers Holcomb, "I'| 00000DC0: 6D 20 6E 6F 74 20 67 6F 69 6E 67 20 74 6F 20 61 |m not going to a| 00000DD0: 6E 73 77 65 72 20 79 6F 75 2E 20 49 20 6A 75 73 |nswer you. I jus| 00000DE0: 74 20 67 6F 74 20 68 65 72 65 20 6D 79 73 65 6C |t got here mysel| 00000DF0: 66 2E 20 42 75 74 20 6C 65 74 20 6D 65 20 67 69 |f. But let me gi| 00000E00: 76 65 20 79 6F 75 20 6F 6E 65 20 70 69 65 63 65 |ve you one piece| 00000E10: 20 6F 66 20 61 64 76 69 63 65 2E 20 59 6F 75 20 | of advice. You | 00000E20: 63 61 6E 20 65 78 61 6D 69 6E 65 20 61 6E 79 74 |can examine anyt| 00000E30: 68 69 6E 67 20 79 6F 75 20 77 61 6E 74 2C 20 62 |hing you want, b| 00000E40: 75 74 20 69 66 20 49 20 63 61 74 63 68 20 79 6F |ut if I catch yo| 00000E50: 75 20 74 61 6B 69 6E 67 20 61 6E 79 74 68 69 6E |u taking anythin| 00000E60: 67 20 6F 72 20 74 61 6D 70 65 72 69 6E 67 20 77 |g or tampering w| 00000E70: 69 74 68 20 65 76 69 64 65 6E 63 65 2C 20 49 27 |ith evidence, I'| 00000E80: 6D 20 74 68 72 6F 77 69 6E 67 20 79 6F 75 20 6F |m throwing you o| 00000E90: 75 74 20 6F 6E 20 79 6F 75 72 20 65 61 72 21 22 |ut on your ear!"| 00000EA0: 00 48 6F 6C 63 6F 6D 62 20 67 69 76 65 73 20 79 |.Holcomb gives y| 00000EB0: 6F 75 20 61 20 64 69 72 74 79 20 6C 6F 6F 6B 2C |ou a dirty look,| 00000EC0: 20 61 6E 64 20 64 6F 65 73 6E 27 74 20 61 6E 73 | and doesn't ans| 00000ED0: 77 65 72 20 79 6F 75 72 20 71 75 65 73 74 69 6F |wer your questio| 00000EE0: 6E 2E 00 48 6F 6C 63 6F 6D 62 20 69 73 20 61 63 |n..Holcomb is ac| 00000EF0: 72 6F 73 73 20 74 68 65 20 72 6F 6F 6D 2C 20 61 |ross the room, a| 00000F00: 6E 64 20 6B 65 65 70 69 6E 67 20 68 69 73 20 64 |nd keeping his d| 00000F10: 69 73 74 61 6E 63 65 20 66 72 6F 6D 20 79 6F 75 |istance from you| 00000F20: 2E 20 48 65 20 70 72 65 74 65 6E 64 73 20 74 6F |. He pretends to| 00000F30: 20 69 67 6E 6F 72 65 20 79 6F 75 2E 00 4F 6E 65 | ignore you..One| 00000F40: 20 6C 6F 6F 6B 20 74 65 6C 6C 73 20 79 6F 75 20 | look tells you | 00000F50: 74 68 61 74 20 79 6F 75 20 61 72 65 20 61 6C 72 |that you are alr| 00000F60: 65 61 64 79 20 69 6E 20 74 68 65 20 6C 69 76 69 |eady in the livi| 00000F70: 6E 67 20 72 6F 6F 6D 2E 00 59 6F 75 20 61 6C 72 |ng room..You alr| 00000F80: 65 61 64 79 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 68 61 74 2E 00 |eady have that..| 00000F90: 48 6F 6C 63 6F 6D 62 20 6C 6F 6F 6B 73 20 79 6F |Holcomb looks yo| 00000FA0: 75 72 20 77 61 79 2E 20 20 22 49 20 64 6F 6E 27 |ur way. "I don'| 00000FB0: 74 20 6B 6E 6F 77 20 77 68 65 72 65 20 79 6F 75 |t know where you| 00000FC0: 20 74 68 69 6E 6B 20 79 6F 75 27 72 65 20 67 6F | think you're go| 00000FD0: 69 6E 67 2C 20 4D 61 73 6F 6E 2C 20 62 75 74 20 |ing, Mason, but | 00000FE0: 79 6F 75 20 63 61 6E 27 74 20 67 65 74 20 74 68 |you can't get th| 00000FF0: 65 72 65 20 66 72 6F 6D 20 68 65 72 65 21 22 00 |ere from here!".| 00001000: 54 68 65 20 67 6C 61 73 73 20 68 61 73 20 61 20 |The glass has a | 00001010: 73 6D 61 6C 6C 20 70 75 64 64 6C 65 20 6F 66 20 |small puddle of | 00001020: 77 61 74 65 72 20 69 6E 20 69 74 2E 20 54 68 65 |water in it. The| 00001030: 20 6F 75 74 73 69 64 65 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 20 | outside of the | 00001040: 67 6C 61 73 73 20 69 73 20 63 6F 76 65 72 65 64 |glass is covered| 00001050: 20 69 6E 20 66 69 6E 67 65 72 70 72 69 6E 74 20 | in fingerprint | 00001060: 64 75 73 74 2E 20 20 59 6F 75 20 63 61 74 63 68 |dust. You catch| 00001070: 20 61 20 77 68 69 66 66 20 6F 66 20 73 63 6F 74 | a whiff of scot| 00001080: 63 68 2E 00 59 6F 75 20 6D 75 73 74 20 73 70 65 |ch..You must spe| 00001090: 63 69 66 79 20 74 68 65 20 42 52 45 41 4B 46 41 |cify the BREAKFA| 000010A0: 53 54 20 42 41 52 20 6F 72 20 74 68 65 20 57 45 |ST BAR or the WE| 000010B0: 54 20 42 41 52 00 48 6F 6C 63 6F 6D 62 20 77 68 |T BAR.Holcomb wh| 000010C0: 69 70 73 20 6F 75 74 20 68 69 73 20 2E 33 38 20 |ips out his .38 | 000010D0: 72 65 76 6F 6C 76 65 72 20 61 6E 64 20 68 6F 6C |revolver and hol| 000010E0: 64 73 20 79 6F 75 20 61 74 20 67 75 6E 70 6F 69 |ds you at gunpoi| 000010F0: 6E 74 2E 20 22 4D 61 73 6F 6E 2C 20 79 6F 75 27 |nt. "Mason, you'| 00001100: 76 65 20 6A 75 73 74 20 6D 61 64 65 20 6D 79 20 |ve just made my | 00001110: 64 61 79 21 20 49 74 20 6C 6F 6F 6B 73 20 6C 69 |day! It looks li| 00001120: 6B 65 20 74 68 65 20 6F 6E 6C 79 20 70 65 72 73 |ke the only pers| 00001130: 6F 6E 20 79 6F 75 27 6C 6C 20 62 65 20 64 65 66 |on you'll be def| 00001140: 65 6E 64 69 6E 67 20 69 73 20 79 6F 75 72 73 65 |ending is yourse| 00001150: 6C 66 20 61 67 61 69 6E 73 74 20 61 73 73 61 75 |lf against assau| 00001160: 6C 74 20 63 68 61 72 67 65 73 2E 22 20 48 6F 6C |lt charges." Hol| 00001170: 63 6F 6D 62 20 6D 61 6B 65 73 20 61 20 63 61 6C |comb makes a cal| 00001180: 6C 20 6F 6E 20 68 69 73 20 77 61 6C 6B 69 65 2D |l on his walkie-| 00001190: 74 61 6C 6B 69 65 2C 20 74 68 65 6E 20 74 77 6F |talkie, then two| 000011A0: 20 62 75 72 6C 79 20 70 6F 6C 69 63 65 6D 65 6E | burly policemen| 000011B0: 20 62 75 72 73 74 20 69 6E 2C 20 61 72 72 65 73 | burst in, arres| 000011C0: 74 20 79 6F 75 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 63 61 72 74 20 |t you, and cart | 000011D0: 79 6F 75 20 6F 66 66 20 74 6F 20 70 6F 6C 69 63 |you off to polic| 000011E0: 65 20 48 51 2E 00 48 6F 6C 63 6F 6D 62 20 67 72 |e HQ..Holcomb gr| 000011F0: 75 6E 74 73 20 61 73 20 79 6F 75 20 77 61 6C 6B |unts as you walk| 00001200: 20 6F 75 74 20 74 68 65 20 64 6F 6F 72 2E 20 00 | out the door. .| 00001210: 48 6F 6C 63 6F 6D 62 20 6C 6F 6F 6B 73 20 69 6D |Holcomb looks im| 00001220: 70 61 74 69 65 6E 74 6C 79 20 61 74 20 68 69 73 |patiently at his| 00001230: 20 77 61 74 63 68 2C 20 74 68 65 6E 20 61 74 20 | watch, then at | 00001240: 79 6F 75 2E 20 00 22 4D 61 73 6F 6E 2C 20 79 6F |you. ."Mason, yo| 00001250: 75 27 76 65 20 6A 75 73 74 20 6F 75 74 73 74 61 |u've just outsta| 00001260: 79 65 64 20 79 6F 75 72 20 77 65 6C 63 6F 6D 65 |yed your welcome| 00001270: 2C 22 20 64 65 63 6C 61 72 65 73 20 53 65 72 67 |," declares Serg| 00001280: 65 61 6E 74 20 48 6F 6C 63 6F 6D 62 2E 20 48 6F |eant Holcomb. Ho| 00001290: 6C 63 6F 6D 62 20 70 75 6C 6C 73 20 6F 75 74 20 |lcomb pulls out | 000012A0: 61 20 73 6D 61 6C 6C 20 77 61 6C 6B 69 65 2D 20 |a small walkie- | 000012B0: 74 61 6C 6B 69 65 2C 20 61 6E 64 20 6D 61 6B 65 |talkie, and make| 000012C0: 73 20 61 20 71 75 69 63 6B 20 63 61 6C 6C 2E 20 |s a quick call. | 000012D0: 42 65 66 6F 72 65 20 79 6F 75 20 6B 6E 6F 77 20 |Before you know | 000012E0: 69 74 2C 20 74 77 6F 20 62 75 72 6C 79 20 70 6F |it, two burly po| 000012F0: 6C 69 63 65 6D 65 6E 20 65 6E 74 65 72 20 74 68 |licemen enter th| 00001300: 65 20 61 70 61 72 74 6D 65 6E 74 2E 20 54 68 65 |e apartment. The| 00001310: 79 20 67 72 61 62 20 79 6F 75 20 62 79 20 62 6F |y grab you by bo| 00001320: 74 68 20 61 72 6D 73 20 61 6E 64 20 65 73 63 6F |th arms and esco| 00001330: 72 74 20 79 6F 75 20 6F 75 74 20 6F 66 20 74 68 |rt you out of th| 00001340: 65 20 62 75 69 6C 64 69 6E 67 2C 20 6C 65 61 76 |e building, leav| 00001350: 69 6E 67 20 79 6F 75 20 6F 6E 20 74 68 65 20 73 |ing you on the s| 00001360: 69 64 65 77 61 6C 6B 2E 00 48 6F 6C 63 6F 6D 62 |idewalk..Holcomb| 00001370: 20 67 72 61 62 73 20 79 6F 75 72 20 61 72 6D 2E | grabs your arm.| 00001380: 20 22 4C 6F 6F 6B 20 4D 61 73 6F 6E 2C 20 49 20 | "Look Mason, I | 00001390: 64 6F 6E 27 74 20 77 61 6E 74 20 61 6E 79 20 74 |don't want any t| 000013A0: 72 6F 75 62 6C 65 20 66 72 6F 6D 20 79 6F 75 2C |rouble from you,| 000013B0: 20 73 6F 20 6C 69 73 74 65 6E 20 75 70 2E 20 54 | so listen up. T| 000013C0: 68 65 20 6B 69 74 63 68 65 6E 2C 20 74 68 65 20 |he kitchen, the | 000013D0: 64 69 6E 69 6E 67 20 72 6F 6F 6D 2C 20 61 6E 64 |dining room, and| 000013E0: 20 74 68 65 20 62 65 64 72 6F 6F 6D 20 61 72 65 | the bedroom are| 000013F0: 20 6F 66 66 20 6C 69 6D 69 74 73 20 74 6F 20 79 | off limits to y| 00001400: 6F 75 2E 20 57 65 27 72 65 20 73 74 69 6C 6C 20 |ou. We're still | 00001410: 64 75 73 74 69 6E 67 20 66 6F 72 20 66 69 6E 67 |dusting for fing| 00001420: 65 72 70 72 69 6E 74 73 20 69 6E 20 74 68 65 72 |erprints in ther| 00001430: 65 2E 22 20 48 65 73 69 74 61 6E 74 6C 79 2C 20 |e." Hesitantly, | 00001440: 48 6F 6C 63 6F 6D 62 20 72 65 6C 65 61 73 65 73 |Holcomb releases| 00001450: 20 68 69 73 20 67 72 69 70 2E 00 59 6F 75 20 6C | his grip..You l| 00001460: 6F 6F 6B 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 77 61 74 65 72 |ook at the water| 00001470: 73 74 61 69 6E 2E 20 4E 6F 20 62 69 67 20 64 65 |stain. No big de| 00001480: 61 6C 2E 00 41 62 6F 76 65 20 74 68 65 20 73 74 |al..Above the st| 00001490: 65 70 73 20 62 65 74 77 65 65 6E 20 74 68 65 20 |eps between the | 000014A0: 66 6F 79 65 72 20 61 6E 64 20 74 68 65 20 6C 69 |foyer and the li| 000014B0: 76 69 6E 67 20 72 6F 6F 6D 2C 20 79 6F 75 20 73 |ving room, you s| 000014C0: 65 65 20 61 20 62 75 6C 6C 65 74 20 68 6F 6C 65 |ee a bullet hole| 000014D0: 2E 00 70 6D 30 31 00 70 6D 30 31 00 2A 2A 2A 00 |..pm01.pm01.***.| 000014E0: 49 74 20 69 73 20 61 6E 20 49 74 61 6C 69 61 6E |It is an Italian| 000014F0: 20 63 6F 6E 74 65 6D 70 6F 72 61 72 79 20 73 6F | contemporary so| 00001500: 66 61 2E 00 54 68 65 79 20 61 72 65 20 75 6E 63 |fa..They are unc| 00001510: 6F 6D 66 6F 72 74 61 62 6C 65 2C 20 73 63 61 6E |omfortable, scan| 00001520: 64 69 6E 61 76 69 61 6E 20 63 68 61 69 72 73 2E |dinavian chairs.| 00001530: 00 70 6D 6E 73 74 61 74 75 00 54 68 65 20 63 69 |.pmnstatu.The ci| 00001540: 67 61 72 65 74 74 65 20 69 73 20 68 61 6C 66 2D |garette is half-| 00001550: 73 6D 6F 6B 65 64 2E 00 59 6F 75 20 64 6F 6E 27 |smoked..You don'| 00001560: 74 20 66 69 6E 64 20 61 6E 79 20 63 6C 75 65 73 |t find any clues| 00001570: 20 6F 6E 20 74 68 65 20 77 61 6C 6C 2E 00 59 6F | on the wall..Yo| 00001580: 75 20 64 6F 6E 27 74 20 66 69 6E 64 20 61 6E 79 |u don't find any| 00001590: 74 68 69 6E 67 20 69 6E 74 65 72 65 73 74 69 6E |thing interestin| 000015A0: 67 20 00 20 00 74 68 65 20 00 2E 00 45 78 61 6D |g . .the ...Exam| 000015B0: 69 6E 65 20 77 68 61 74 3F 00 57 68 65 72 65 20 |ine what?.Where | 000015C0: 64 6F 20 79 6F 75 20 77 61 6E 74 20 74 6F 20 67 |do you want to g| 000015D0: 6F 20 74 6F 3F 00 2A 2A 2A 00 59 6F 75 20 61 6C |o to?.***.You al| 000015E0: 72 65 61 64 79 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 68 65 20 63 |ready have the c| 000015F0: 69 67 61 72 65 74 74 65 2E 00 48 6F 6C 63 6F 6D |igarette..Holcom| 00001600: 62 20 73 65 65 73 20 79 6F 75 20 64 72 6F 70 20 |b sees you drop | 00001610: 74 68 65 20 00 2E 20 22 54 61 6D 70 65 72 69 6E |the .. "Tamperin| 00001620: 67 20 77 69 74 68 20 65 76 69 64 65 6E 63 65 2C |g with evidence,| 00001630: 20 65 68 3F 22 20 68 65 20 73 6E 61 72 6C 73 2E | eh?" he snarls.| 00001640: 20 00 2A 2A 2A 00 2A 2A 2A 00 2A 2A 2A 00 2A 2A | .***.***.***.**| 00001650: 2A 00 FF |*.. |
AF.......1.........7.O...J.........,.V. ....!.^._.F.Z...-.U.C.....O.......Q..... ..N...$.T.~...W.I...@.E.J.N.R.....F..... ......(.D.H.H.............THE SYMMETRY O F THE LIVING ROOM IS RUINED BY AN OVERTU RNED STATUE, AND THE CHALK OUTLINE OF A CORPSE--GRUESOME REMINDERS OF WHY YOU AR E HERE. GOLDEN LEAVES LIE SCATTERED AROU ND THE BROKEN STATUE. NEARBY STANDS A CA RD TABLE, TWO CHAIRS, AND A BREAKFAST BA R. THERE IS A LIGHTSWITCH ON THE WALL. ACROSS THE ROOM STANDS A HUGE SOFA ATOP A RARE ORIENTAL RUG, AND A COFFEE TABLE WHICH FACE TOWARD A BRICK FIREPLACE. A W ET BAR, LINED WITH BOTTLES, STANDS ALONG THE SAME WALL AS THE FIREPLACE..THE LIG HTSWITCH IS SET TO "ON"..FOR A MOMENT, A LL GOES DARK IN THE ROOM. .THEN, THE LIG HTS COME ON. YOU SEE SERGEANT HOLCOMB ST ANDING BY ANOTHER LIGHTSWITCH ACROSS THE ROOM. .IT IS ALREADY ON..YOU PICK UP A LEAF OFF THE FLOOR, DISCOVER THAT IT IS MERELY GOLD-PLATED, AND PUT IT IN YOUR P OCKET..THE OUTLINE DEPICTS A PERSON LYIN G WITH HIS HEAD AND OUTSTRETCHED ARMS PO INTING TOWARD THE KITCHEN, AND HIS LEGS POINTING TOWARD THE FOYER..THE STATUE DE PICTS A WOMAN BEING TRANSFORMED INTO A T REE. THE DESCRIPTION AT THE BASE OF THE STATUE READS "DAPHNE". GOLDEN LEAVES LIE SCATTERED ON THE FLOOR..THE TABLE IS MA DE OF MAHOGANY. ON THE TABLETOP YOU SEE .A HALF-SMOKED CLOVE CIGARETTE, .A HIGHB ALL GLASS COVERED WITH FINGERPRINT DUST, AND A WATERSTAIN AT THE OTHER END OF TH E TABLE. HOLCOMB CALLS TO YOU. "THE FING ERPRINTS ON THE HIGHBALL GLASS WERE KAPP 'S. DON'T MESS WITH ANYTHING ON THAT TAB LE, MASON.".THE BAR'S EXQUISITE TEAK IS MARRED BY A BULLET HOLE. THE HOLE GOES I N A FEW INCHES, BUT THERE IS NO SIGN OF THE BULLET. HOLCOMB WATCHES OVER YOU..TH E RUG LOOKS TO BE A RESTORED ANTIQUE. ON THE RUG NEAR ONE END OF THE COFFEE TABL E, YOU FIND THE SHARDS OF A BROKEN WINEG LASS OVER A SPOT ON THE RUG..YOU CATCH A FAINT WHIFF OF WINE..THERE ARE NOTHING BUT ASHES IN THE FIREPLACE..YOU HEAR HOL COMB'S LAUGHTER AS YOU MAKE A MESS OF YO UR HANDS AND CLOTHES..HOLCOMB HAS THINNI NG BLACK HAIR AND A SLIGHT POT BELLY. HE IS IN UNIFORM..THERE'S NO . IN THE LIVI NG ROOM. .IT FEELS GOOD TO SIT DOWN. AF TER A MOMENT YOU REALIZE THAT YOU HAD BE TTER CONTINUE WITH THE WORK YOU CAME HER E TO DO AND STAND BACK UP..THE CIGARETTE IS ALL GONE, MAYBE YOU SHOULD CUT DOWN ANYWAY..."GET WITH THE PROGRAM, MASON!" GROWLS THE SERGEANT. "IF I CATCH YOU TOU CHING THAT OR ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS ROOM , I MAY JUST HAVE TO ARREST YOU FOR TAMP ERING WITH STATE'S EVIDENCE." REALIZING THAT HE'S NOT KIDDING, YOU PUT IT DOWN.. YOU PICK UP THE CIGARETTE WITHOUT HOLCOM B NOTICING..YOU BUM A LIGHT FROM HOLCOMB , AND LIGHT UP. THE CLOVE CIGARETTE HAS A SWEET TASTE AND MAKES YOU FEEL MOMENTA RILY LIGHTHEADED.YOU SMOKE THE REST OF I T..THE TABLE IS CLEAN OF DUST..ON TOP OF THE TABLE YOU SEE A DOCUMENT..YOU BRIEF LY LEAF THROUGH THE STAPLED PAGES. IT IS A DRAFT OF A CONTRACT BETWEEN JULIAN MA STERS AND VICTOR KAPP. READING A LITTLE MORE CLOSELY, YOU DISCOVER THAT THE CON TRACT CALLS FOR JULIAN TO BUY OUT VICTOR 'S SHARES IN THE ARGOS CAFE..YOU WAIT UN TIL HOLCOMB IS LOOKING THE OTHER WAY AND SLIDE THE DOCUMENT INTO YOUR JACKET'S B REAST POCKET..ONE STERN LOOK FROM SERGEA NT HOLCOMB CONVINCES YOU OTHERWISE..BEHI ND THE BAR YOU FIND A FULL ASSORTMENT OF LIQUORS AND LIQUEURS. SEVERAL BOTTLES A RE ALMOST EMPTY..YOU RECOGNIZE THE BRAND NAME. IT IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE TYPE A P ERSON CAN BUY..YOU TAKE A SWIG. AS YOU P UT THE BOTTLE DOWN, YOU NOTICE SERGEANT HOLCOMB WALKING TOWARD YOU. HE LOOKS ANG RY. ."LOOK MASON," MUTTERS HOLCOMB, "I' M NOT GOING TO ANSWER YOU. I JUST GOT HE RE MYSELF. BUT LET ME GIVE YOU ONE PIECE OF ADVICE. YOU CAN EXAMINE ANYTHING YOU WANT, BUT IF I CATCH YOU TAKING ANYTHIN G OR TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE, I'M THROWI NG YOU OUT ON YOUR EAR!".HOLCOMB GIVES Y OU A DIRTY LOOK, AND DOESN'T ANSWER YOUR QUESTION..HOLCOMB IS ACROSS THE ROOM, A ND KEEPING HIS DISTANCE FROM YOU. HE PRE TENDS TO IGNORE YOU..ONE LOOK TELLS YOU THAT YOU ARE ALREADY IN THE LIVING ROOM. .YOU ALREADY HAVE THAT..HOLCOMB LOOKS YO UR WAY. "I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU THINK Y OU'RE GOING, MASON, BUT YOU CAN'T GET TH ERE FROM HERE!".THE GLASS HAS A SMALL PU DDLE OF WATER IN IT. THE OUTSIDE OF THE GLASS IS COVERED IN FINGERPRINT DUST. Y OU CATCH A WHIFF OF SCOTCH..YOU MUST SPE CIFY THE BREAKFAST BAR OR THE WET BAR.HO LCOMB WHIPS OUT HIS .38 REVOLVER AND HOL DS YOU AT GUNPOINT. "MASON, YOU'VE JUST MADE MY DAY! IT LOOKS LIKE THE ONLY PERS ON YOU'LL BE DEFENDING IS YOURSELF AGAIN ST ASSAULT CHARGES." HOLCOMB MAKES A CAL L ON HIS WALKIE-TALKIE, THEN TWO BURLY P OLICEMEN BURST IN, ARREST YOU, AND CART YOU OFF TO POLICE HQ..HOLCOMB GRUNTS AS YOU WALK OUT THE DOOR. .HOLCOMB LOOKS IM PATIENTLY AT HIS WATCH, THEN AT YOU. ."M ASON, YOU'VE JUST OUTSTAYED YOUR WELCOME ," DECLARES SERGEANT HOLCOMB. HOLCOMB PU LLS OUT A SMALL WALKIE- TALKIE, AND MAKE S A QUICK CALL. BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, TWO BURLY POLICEMEN ENTER THE APARTMENT. THE Y GRAB YOU BY BOTH ARMS AND ESCORT YOU O UT OF THE BUILDING, LEAVING YOU ON THE S IDEWALK..HOLCOMB GRABS YOUR ARM. "LOOK M ASON, I DON'T WANT ANY TROUBLE FROM YOU, SO LISTEN UP. THE KITCHEN, THE DINING R OOM, AND THE BEDROOM ARE OFF LIMITS TO Y OU. WE'RE STILL DUSTING FOR FINGERPRINTS IN THERE." HESITANTLY, HOLCOMB RELEASES HIS GRIP..YOU LOOK AT THE WATERSTAIN. N O BIG DEAL..ABOVE THE STEPS BETWEEN THE FOYER AND THE LIVING ROOM, YOU SEE A BUL LET HOLE..PM01.PM01.***.IT IS AN ITALIAN CONTEMPORARY SOFA..THEY ARE UNCOMFORTAB LE, SCANDINAVIAN CHAIRS..PMNSTATU.THE CI GARETTE IS HALF-SMOKED..YOU DON'T FIND A NY CLUES ON THE WALL..YOU DON'T FIND ANY THING INTERESTING . .THE ...EXAMINE WHAT ?.WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO TO?.***.YOU AL READY HAVE THE CIGARETTE..HOLCOMB SEES Y OU DROP THE .. "TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE, EH?" HE SNARLS. .***.***.***.***..
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