gs that now
take forty-nine separate reactions?"

"This does have a significance for science," she admitted. "The
genetic part is right down your alley. And it's not PC, is it?"

"Strictly TK," I told her. "You're the only PC in the family."

"Family?" She turned pink as I went around the desk after her. "I
told you the answer was 'no.'"

"I have inside information," I said, pulling her to me. "One of
the PC's up at the chapter house said this was what would
happen."

She didn't fight my kiss more than a couple seconds. Then it was
a pure case of self-preservation for me. This girl was a tiger.
Looks can be awfully deceiving. But she broke away from me.

"Tex!" she gasped. "Stop, honey! Suppose somebody walks in."

"A PC like you never gets _that_ kind of surprise," I lied
valiantly.

"Am I?" she whispered. "Am I really a PC?"

"That's why you locked the door," I said. "Remember?"

THE END

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