The Burglar in the Closet
“When I moved along to the story of my visit to Knobby Corcoran's humble digs, she stared in awe and admiration. I may have improved on reality a bit, come to think of it. I may have made the drop from one rooftop to the other greater than it actually was, and I may have added a gap of a few yards between the buildings. Poetic license, you understand.When I got to the attache case she made oohing sounds. When it was Naugahyde instead of Ultrasuede she groaned, and when I opened it up and found a...ll the money she gasped. "So much money," she said. "Where is it? You don't have it with you, do you?""It's in a safe place. Or else I wasted fifty cents.""Huh?""Nothing important. I stashed the attache case but I held onto a few bills because I thought they might come in handy." I took out my wallet. "I've got two left. See?""What about them?""Nice, aren't they?""They're twenty-dollar bills. What's so special about them?""Well, if you saw a whole suitcase full of them you'd be impressed, wouldn't you?""I suppose, but-""Compare the serial numbers, Jillian.""What about them?MoreLess
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