And once everybody realized it would involve racing, Michael was theobvious choice, even among other racers.However while everybody knew the consequen...es of losing, nobody knew thatwinning would have a price as well.And it would be Michael that paid it.We discovered that price after the first of the twelve races when Michael,instead of wanting to celebrate his victory, pulled my sister Alison and Iaway from the crowds and dragged us back to our house.That's when he told us about the special. Yes, I had a new idenity, I was Simms not Simmons now. I had wandered in and asked some innocent questions of the buildings employee about the girls, and some more questions about the building itself. As a result I got mouse trapped by three men in well cut dress suits who politely identified themselves as building security and informed me Mister Vascone wished to see me. I started to decline the invitation when I noticed they had two of New York’s finest uniformed foot patrol backing them up.. "There is the ignominious truth in a nutshell. It is well that it should be stated. Let us hope, now that it stands revealed, that it will influence the future conduct of events." At any rate, it will influence the conduct of the idiot who wrote that article," said Lupin, with a grin.He dismissed Mlle. Levasseur and rang up Major d'Astrignac on the telephone."Is that you, Major? Perenna speaking." Yes, what is it?" Have you read the article in the Echo de France?" Yes." Would it bore you very. After about half an hour, he closed the book, drained the last of the wine from his glass, and went indoors. Putting the book back on the table, he went into the kitchen, and washed all the dishes from the evening’s meal. Then he turned off the light, and went up to bed. The last glass of wine had an effect on him, and he fell asleep almost immediately, but it was fitfull, and he had lots of dreams. About an hour later, George woke up pissed. Not at Terry and Isolde, even though they were in.