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THE CLOSING NET

"What if I were to tell you that you were talking to a crook?"

Rosalie gave me a steady look.

"I wouldn't believe you," she answered. "But if you were to tell me that I was talking to a man that was settling off old scores"—she smiled—"I think I'm on," says she, "and I stand pat."