A deathly hush had descended on the boardroom. ″That's all very well,″ protested someone, ″but you know it's impossible to lie to the girl.
Remember what happened to Agent No. BLW/553/c. We'd all end up like him.″
″Who said anything about lying to her?″ retorted the seventh speaker.
″We'd tell her all about our plan, naturally.″ ″Then she'd never go along with it,″ the sceptic persisted.
″The whole idea's preposterous.″ ″Don't be too sure, my friend,″ a ninth speaker broke in.
″We'd have to make her a tempting proposition. For instance, we could promise her as much time as she wants.″
″And break our promise later, of course,″ said the sceptic.
The ninth speaker gave an icy smile. ″Of course not,″ he said. ″If we didn't mean what we said, she'd sense it at once.″
″No, no!″ cried the chairman, banging the table. ″I couldn't agree to that.
If we really gave her all the time she wanted it would cost us a fortune.″
″Hardly that,″ the ninth speaker said blandly. ″How much time can one child consume, after all?
True, it would be a minor drain on our resources, but think what we'd be getting in return: the time of everyone else in the world!
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