Part 124 (1/2)

You speak strangely Is so?

NO, EVERYTHING IS ACCORDING TO PLAN I EXPECT YOU WILL FULFILL MY WISHES

Of course, that is the arrangeed?

NOTHING I AM FULFILLING MY DESTINY

As am I

THEN YOU WILL UNDERSTAND

Alexander Spiradon relaxed in his Alpine aerie ho a satellite feed of the Simpson's on his TV He found that he learned American colloquialise under the guise of entertain a commer- cial for 'The Quicker Picker Upper', his computer announced a call

He put the VCR on Quick-Record and sat at his Co the screen display the inco identification

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Alex entered the code displayed on his personal identification card

G4-YU7-T64-666009

Alex figured it was homosoto since this was a very private com- puter His other coe was the one his recruits called with reports The 25 Sir George's of his arnments and once to send him the results of their efforts

They didn't have to call long distance, though, and never knew that Alex ran his part of hoe and his hidden compatriots used their untraceable cellular phones and merely called a local phone nuroup had set up a widely diverse network of call forwarding telephones tothe calls impossible They exploited all of the common services that helped make his and homosoto's armies invisible

MR ALEX

Yes, sir

THE TIME HAS COME

So soon?

YES MONDAY IS GROUNDHOG DAY

Monday? Are you sure? With no warning?

HAVE I EVER BEEN WRONG?

No

THEN DO AS I SAY PLEASE

Alex started at the word 'please' He had never seen homosoto ever use it before

Of course As you wish