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As lost and wretched as Kurt Fawzi or Judge Ledue, if they lost their
belief in Merlin. He started to say something like that, and then
thought better of it.

Yes, Virginia, there /is/ a Santa Claus.

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    V

The meeting was at the Academy; when Conn and his father arrived, they
found the central hall under the topside landing stage crowded. Kurt
Fawzi and Professor Kellton had constituted themselves a reception
committee. Franz Veltrin was in evidence with his audiovisual recorder,
and Colonel Zareff was leaning on his silver-headed sword cane. Tom
Brangwyn, in an unaccustomed best-suit. Wade Lucas, among a group of