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anything else. And I can't take that spell off your friend. I don't even remember how I did it."

"There's nothing else you can remember about what kind of trouble Anne is going to have?"

Frowning, Waller said, "Dogs. A pack of dogs. Dogs barking in the rain. No, that's not right. I can't get it.
I don't know. This Dan Padgett will save her." Waller bent to pick up the hammer. "I'm pretty sure of
that."

"This is Tuesday. On Saturday he's due to change again. Will the trouble come on New Year's Eve?"

"Buddy, if I get another flash I'll let you know."


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At the door Max said, "I'll give you my number."

"Skip it," said Waller. "When I need it, I'll know it."




The door of the old Victorian house buzzed and Max caught the doorknob and turned it. The stairway
leading upstairs was lined with brown paintings of little girls with ponies and dogs. The light from the
door opening upstairs flashed down across the bright gilt frames on which eagles and flowers twisted and
curled together.

"Max Kearny?" said Anne Clemens over the stair railing.

"Hi, Anne. Are you busy?"

"Not at the moment. I'm going out later. I Just got home from work a little while ago."

This was Wednesday night. Max hadn't been able to find Anne at home until now. "I was driving by and
I thought I'd stop."

"It's been several months since we've seen each other," said the girl as Max reached the doorway to her
apartment. "Come in."

She was wearing a white blouse and what looked like a pair of black leotards. She wasn't as thin as Max
had remembered. Her blonde hair was held back with a thin black ribbon.

"I won't hold you up?" Max asked.

Anne shook her head. "I won't have to start getting ready for a while yet."

"Fine." Max got out his cigarettes and sat down in the old sofa chair Anne gestured at.