Mr. Moto Omnibus
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The Chief was also on his feet. “You’re talking off the top of your head,” he said, “and everything you say is specious, Jack.”
“You may be right, sir,” Jack Rhyce said. “It isn’t so much what I say as what I feel. And besides, she wanted me on the outside. She asked me to promise.”
“Jack,” the Chief said, “give yourself a chance before you start crossing Rubicons. You’re going through what everyone in the outfit goes through periodically. I’ve seen it and heard it all. Sure, something chips off you every time you go through anything, but you’re the kind it only makes sharper. Jack. I’m willing to make you a bet: in a week or so you’ll want to stay in the business on account of her, and not leave it because of her. You’ve got too much Moxie to take a step like that. Now don’t interrupt me.”
Jack Rhyce had cleared his throat but he had no intention of interrupting.
“I just want two promises from you,” the Chief said. “Don’t say anything to anyone about this talk, and promise me you won’t make a decision until you’ve had that shot in the arm and two weeks away somewhere.”
“All right,” Jack said, “if that’s the way you want it.”
At any rate, he had said exactly what was on his mind, and he believed that he was right in everything he had stated, and he felt closer to her, now that he had spoken, than he had since he had gone. He knew as sure as fate that he was not coming back.
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YOUR TURN, MR. MOTO
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