Prong, " she said, "at his home. He's on the phone. " Dill picked up his phone, saying, "Ah, good afternoon, Dr. Prong. It's a great pleasure to spe...k to you. " "Is this on the level?" came a tense voice. "You're not involved with that Poop or Foof place, are you?" Dill was dumbfounded. Could the head of the best-known sex research organization in America be a paranoid nut? "I am speaking to Dr. Roger Prong?" he asked carefully. "Yes, yes—but how can I be sure who I'm speaking to?" . “So, what’s the latest bad news out of Richmond?” Austin was remarkably crisp and decisive for one so young, but then his father was Michael the Archangel, wasn’t he?“Hopewell has fallen at last and all resistance appears to have effectively collapsed now. Don’t expect a surrender, though. Blacksburg’s fate taught everyone that no mercy can be assured, as did other places taken by the ASF. Eckart and his goons could teach lessons in merciless brutality to the Nazi Einsatzgruppen on the Russian. He would get to the bottom of the matter and he would rescind the penalty charges; any court action would be halted. Ged asked about the furniture. At first, he was told the bank sent the bailiffs in to reclaim the arrears and sold his effects."You will replace every stick of furniture, all the equipment and appliances. You will do it quickly, or I will be suing you, and of course removing my business from your bank. Then I get in touch with Head Office. Understand?"He understood, and asked for. Besides, you hired me to do the kicking, remember?" He put a hand on my shoulder. "Let us handle things."We waited another ten minutes before two men in suits stepped off the elevator. They both held up badges and introduced themselves. Quietly they took our stories. The ambulances arrived and the paramedics carried off to two attackers still alive. The coroner's people and the crime scene technicians did their bit of magic. The two detectives "suggested" we drop by the precinct station and.