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hotel.

"I hope you convinced him. You know, he's afraid of Merlin. A lot of
people have been saying that if Merlin's found, it should be used to
determine Government policy. A few extremists are beginning to say that
Merlin ought to /be/ the Government, and Jake Vyckhoven and his cronies
ought to be dumped. Into the handiest mass-energy converter, preferably.
You know, if anybody found Merlin and started it auditing the Planetary
Treasury, Jake Vyckhoven'd be the one who'd be wanting a hypership."

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Tom Brangwyn ran him down the next morning in the dining room.

"Conn, I wish you'd come along with me," he said. "Some of us are up in
Kurt's suite; we'd all like to talk to you."