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[ { "id": "large/8580/cardtrick_1403_librivox_64kb_mp3/card_trick_07_berryman_64kb_14", "recording_id": "large/8580/cardtrick_1403_librivox_64kb_mp3/card_trick_07_berryman_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 30.16, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "8580", "custom": { "texts": [ "She ran the deck ten times for me. I got thirty eight right on my best attempt and thirty seven wrong on my worst. In total, of five hundred and twenty chances, I was right on two hundred and seventy three, or fifty two point two per cent of the time, according to Shari's slide rule. \"Oh, no,\" I said dismally. \"I _do_ have a little edge on the cards!\" \"As a statistician, you'll make a great biochemist,\" Shari said, putting the deck away.", "SHE RAN THE DECK TEN TIMES FOR ME I GOT THIRTY EIGHT RIGHT ON MY BEST ATTEMPT AND THIRTY SEVEN WRONG ON MY WORST IN TOTAL OF FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY CHANCES I WAS RIGHT ON TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY THREE OR FIFTY TWO POINT TWO PER CENT OF THE TIME ACCORDING TO SHERRY'S SLIDE RULE OH NO I SAID DISMALLY I DO HAVE A LITTLE EDGE ON THE CARDS AS A STATISTICIAN YOU'LL MAKE A GREAT BIO CHEMIST SHERRY SAID PUTTING THE DECK AWAY" ], "pre_texts": [ "nsisted. I shook my head. \"I'd rather not talk about it--not until I know the result of your test,\" I said. Shari thought about it for a while, tapping her desk with an irritated finger, and finally got a set of cards from the lab table against the wall. She shuffled them slowly on her desk blotter. \"Cards are your strong point,\" she observed. \"If you have any psi powers, they're most likely to show up with cards. I take it you will do your utmost to be right?\" \"Who would double-cross himself?\" I said tightly. \"Most people,\" Shari said. \"When it comes to psi. But we'll assume, for a starter, that you are on the level.\" She stacked the cards in her hand. \"We'll keep it simple,\" Shari suggested. \"I'll deal the cards one at a time. All you have to do is tell me whether the next card will be red or black. Fair?\" \"Sure,\" I said. \"Deal!\" She was a lousy dealer. Or maybe it was because it was a one-handed operation. She was scoring my hits and misses with the little counter in her other hand.", "HER T K OR PIECEE TEST ME SHERRY WHAT HAPPENED SHE INSISTED I SHOOK MY HEAD I'D RATHER NOT TALK ABOUT IT NOT UNTIL I KNOW THE RESULT OF YOUR TEST I SAID SHERRY THOUGHT ABOUT IT FOR A WHILE TAPPING HER DESK WITH AN IRRITATED FINGER AND FINALLY GOT A SET OF CARDS FROM THE LAB TABLE AGAINST THE WALL SHE SHUFFLED THEM SLOWLY ON HER DESK BLOTTER CARDS ARE YOUR STRONG POINT SHE OBSERVED IF YOU HAVE ANY SIDE POWERS THEY'RE MOST LIKELY TO SHOW UP WITH CARDS I TAKE IT YOU WILL DO YOUR UTMOST TO BE RIGHT WHO WOULD DOUBLE CROSS HIMSELF I SAID TIGHTLY MOST PEOPLE SHERRY SAID WHEN IT COMES TO SIGH BUT WILL ASSUME FOR A STARTER THAT YOU ARE ON THE LEVEL SHE STACKED THE CARDS IN HER HAND WE'LL KEEP IT SIMPLE SHERRY SUGGESTED I'LL DEAL THE CARDS ONE AT A TIME ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TELL ME WHETHER THE NEXT CARD WILL BE RED OR BLACK FAIR SURE I SAID DEAL SHE WAS A LOUSY DEALER OR MAYBE IT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS A ONE HANDED OPERATION SHE WAS SCORING MY HITS AND MISSES WITH A LITTLE COUNTER IN HER OTHER HAND" ], "begin_byte": 27652, "end_byte": 28093 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/8580/cardtrick_1403_librivox_64kb_mp3/card_trick_07_berryman_64kb_15", "recording_id": "large/8580/cardtrick_1403_librivox_64kb_mp3/card_trick_07_berryman_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 14.959, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "8580", "custom": { "texts": [ "Actually, your score was below average for trained observers without psi powers.\" She heaved a sigh, which somehow seemed to be of relief. \"And now, you crazy cowpoke,\" she said, \"tell me what this is all about.\"", "ACTUALLY YOUR SCORE WAS BELOW AVERAGE FOR TRAINED OBSERVERS WITHOUT SIGH POWERS SHE HEAVED A SIGH WHICH SOMEHOW SEEMED TO BE OF RELIEF AND NOW YOU CRAZY COW POKE SHE SAID TELL ME WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT" ], "pre_texts": [ "n the level.\" She stacked the cards in her hand. \"We'll keep it simple,\" Shari suggested. \"I'll deal the cards one at a time. All you have to do is tell me whether the next card will be red or black. Fair?\" \"Sure,\" I said. \"Deal!\" She was a lousy dealer. Or maybe it was because it was a one-handed operation. She was scoring my hits and misses with the little counter in her other hand. She ran the deck ten times for me. I got thirty-eight right on my best attempt and thirty-seven wrong on my worst. In total, of five hundred and twenty chances, I was right on two hundred and seventy-three, or fifty-two point two per cent of the time, according to Shari's slide rule. \"Oh, no,\" I said dismally. \"I _do_ have a little edge on the cards!\" \"As a statistician, you'll make a great biochemist,\" Shari said, putting the deck away. \"That would only be true if I hadn't let you see your hits and misses as each deal proceeded. You made succeeding guesses in the knowledge of what had already been dealt.", " SIGH BUT WILL ASSUME FOR A STARTER THAT YOU ARE ON THE LEVEL SHE STACKED THE CARDS IN HER HAND WE'LL KEEP IT SIMPLE SHERRY SUGGESTED I'LL DEAL THE CARDS ONE AT A TIME ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TELL ME WHETHER THE NEXT CARD WILL BE RED OR BLACK FAIR SURE I SAID DEAL SHE WAS A LOUSY DEALER OR MAYBE IT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS A ONE HANDED OPERATION SHE WAS SCORING MY HITS AND MISSES WITH A LITTLE COUNTER IN HER OTHER HAND SHE RAN THE DECK TEN TIMES FOR ME I GOT THIRTY EIGHT RIGHT ON MY BEST ATTEMPT AND THIRTY SEVEN WRONG ON MY WORST IN TOTAL OF FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY CHANCES I WAS RIGHT ON TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY THREE OR FIFTY TWO POINT TWO PER CENT OF THE TIME ACCORDING TO SHERRY'S SLIDE RULE OH NO I SAID DISMALLY I DO HAVE A LITTLE EDGE ON THE CARDS AS A STATISTICIAN YOU'LL MAKE A GREAT BIO CHEMIST SHERRY SAID PUTTING THE DECK AWAY THAT WOULD ONLY BE TRUE IF I HADN'T LET YOU SEE YOUR HITS AND MISSES AS EACH DEAL PROCEEDED YOU MADE SUCCEEDING GUESSES IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT HAD ALREADY BEEN DEALT" ], "begin_byte": 28265, "end_byte": 28477 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/8580/cardtrick_1403_librivox_64kb_mp3/card_trick_08_berryman_64kb_1", "recording_id": "large/8580/cardtrick_1403_librivox_64kb_mp3/card_trick_08_berryman_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 8.319, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "8580", "custom": { "texts": [ "Her voice hushed as she said it. \"It's a kind of sensitivity that has nothing to do with mere kinetics. It defies time!\"", "HER VOICE HUSHED AS SHE SAID IT IT'S A KIND OF SENSITIVITY THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MERE KINETICS IT DEFIES TIME" ], "pre_texts": [ "claim that you're a psi, are you?\" \"No,\" I admitted. \"And,\" she said wearily, standing up. \"There's always the angle that they'll con you by letting you into their imaginary 'Lodge' and extract some kind of dues out of you in return for keeping quiet about your so-called psi powers when you gamble. That would serve you right,\" she concluded. [Illustration:] \"For what?\" I demanded, beginning to feel pretty icy. \"Being such an easy mark, for one thing,\" Shari said. \"And for seriously thinking that you might be a PC! That, I must confess, I find the most comical of all. You, Tex, a PC!\" \"Why is that funnier than being a TK?\" I demanded, getting up. She waved her hand impatiently. \"We see a little TK here in the lab right along,\" she said. \"At least, there are those who seem to have a small genuine edge on the cards that we can explain no other way. It's small, but apparently exists. But precognition? That's not simply mechanical or kinetic, like TK. PC is something terrifyingly different.", "ICE IT WAS WORTH THEIR WHILE YOU'RE NOT VERY LIKELY TO ADVERTISE THE CLAIM THAT YOU'RE A SIGH ARE YOU NO I ADMITTED AND SHE SAID WEARILY STANDING UP THERE'S ALWAYS THE ANGLE THAT THEY'LL CON YOU BY LETTING YOU INTO THEIR IMAGINARY LODGE AND EXTRACT SOME KIND OF DUES OUT OF YOU IN RETURN FOR KEEPING QUIET ABOUT YOUR SO CALLED SIGH POWERS WHEN YOU GAMBLE THAT WOULD SERVE YOU RIGHT SHE CONCLUDED FOR WHAT I DEMANDED BEGINNING TO FEEL PRETTY ICY BEING SUCH AN EASY MARK FOR ONE THING SHERRY SAID AND FOR SERIOUSLY THINKING THAT YOU MIGHT BE A P C THAT I MUST CONFESS I FIND THE MOST COMICAL OF ALL YOU TEX A P C WHY IS THAT FUNNIER THAN BEING A T K I DEMANDED GETTING UP SHE WAVED HER HAND IMPATIENTLY WE SEE A LITTLE T K HERE IN THE LAB RIGHT ALONG SHE SAID AT LEAST THERE ARE THOSE WHO SEEM TO HAVE A SMALL GENUINE EDGE ON THE CARD THAT WE CAN EXPLAIN NO OTHER WAY IT'S SMALL BUT APPARENTLY EXISTS BUT PRECOGNITION THAT'S NOT SIMPLY MECHANICAL OR KINETIC LIKE P C IS SOMETHING TERRIFYINGLY DIFFERENT" ], "begin_byte": 32002, "end_byte": 32123 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/8580/cardtrick_1403_librivox_64kb_mp3/card_trick_08_berryman_64kb_17", "recording_id": "large/8580/cardtrick_1403_librivox_64kb_mp3/card_trick_08_berryman_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 14.76, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "8580", "custom": { "texts": [ "\"We see a little TK here in the lab right along,\" she said. \"At least, there are those who seem to have a small genuine edge on the cards that we can explain no other way. It's small, but apparently exists. But precognition?", "WE SEE A LITTLE T K HERE IN THE LAB RIGHT ALONG SHE SAID AT LEAST THERE ARE THOSE WHO SEEM TO HAVE A SMALL GENUINE EDGE ON THE CARD THAT WE CAN EXPLAIN NO OTHER WAY IT'S SMALL BUT APPARENTLY EXISTS BUT PRECOGNITION" ], "pre_texts": [ "nestly,\" I said. \"I can't. I'm simply not that important to anyone in the world.\" \"You're not,\" she said dryly. \"But your eight thousand dollars was. I'd say if people can steal that much money and convince the victim he shouldn't go to the police, it was worth their while. You're not very likely to advertise the claim that you're a psi, are you?\" \"No,\" I admitted. \"And,\" she said wearily, standing up. \"There's always the angle that they'll con you by letting you into their imaginary 'Lodge' and extract some kind of dues out of you in return for keeping quiet about your so-called psi powers when you gamble. That would serve you right,\" she concluded. [Illustration:] \"For what?\" I demanded, beginning to feel pretty icy. \"Being such an easy mark, for one thing,\" Shari said. \"And for seriously thinking that you might be a PC! That, I must confess, I find the most comical of all. You, Tex, a PC!\" \"Why is that funnier than being a TK?\" I demanded, getting up. She waved her hand impatiently.", "EVER HAVE FELT IT DON'T YOU SEE WHY THEY WENT TO ALL THIS TROUBLE HONESTLY I SAID I CAN'T I'M SIMPLY NOT THAT IMPORTANT TO ANY ONE IN THE WORLD YOU'RE NOT SHE SAID DRILY BUT YOUR EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS WAS I'D SAY IF PEOPLE CAN STEAL THAT MUCH MONEY AND CONVINCE THE VICTIM HE SHOULDN'T GO TO THE POLICE IT WAS WORTH THEIR WHILE YOU'RE NOT VERY LIKELY TO ADVERTISE THE CLAIM THAT YOU'RE A SIGH ARE YOU NO I ADMITTED AND SHE SAID WEARILY STANDING UP THERE'S ALWAYS THE ANGLE THAT THEY'LL CON YOU BY LETTING YOU INTO THEIR IMAGINARY LODGE AND EXTRACT SOME KIND OF DUES OUT OF YOU IN RETURN FOR KEEPING QUIET ABOUT YOUR SO CALLED SIGH POWERS WHEN YOU GAMBLE THAT WOULD SERVE YOU RIGHT SHE CONCLUDED FOR WHAT I DEMANDED BEGINNING TO FEEL PRETTY ICY BEING SUCH AN EASY MARK FOR ONE THING SHERRY SAID AND FOR SERIOUSLY THINKING THAT YOU MIGHT BE A P C THAT I MUST CONFESS I FIND THE MOST COMICAL OF ALL YOU TEX A P C WHY IS THAT FUNNIER THAN BEING A T K I DEMANDED GETTING UP SHE WAVED HER HAND IMPATIENTLY" ], "begin_byte": 31687, "end_byte": 31911 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/8580/cardtrick_1403_librivox_64kb_mp3/card_trick_08_berryman_64kb_20", "recording_id": "large/8580/cardtrick_1403_librivox_64kb_mp3/card_trick_08_berryman_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 30.239, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "8580", "custom": { "texts": [ "Something hit me in the gut and tripped me up. I had a heart seizure. What's simpler than TK in accounting for the fact this was done without a soul around?\" \"I suppose I shouldn't be critical of you,\" she said. \"It's not your field and you haven't been exposed to the lengths to which charlatans go, just to prove they are supermen. The simpler explanation is that there _was_ someone else in the alley, carefully dressed in dull black to stay invisible in the darkness.", "SOMETHING HIT ME IN THE GUT AND TRIPPED ME UP I HAD A HEART SEIZURE WHAT'S SIMPLER THAN T K IN ACCOUNTING FOR THE FACT THIS WAS DONE WITHOUT A SOUL AROUND I SUPPOSE I SHOULDN'T BE CRITICAL OF YOU SHE SAID IT'S NOT YOUR FIELD AND YOU HAVEN'T BEEN EXPOSED TO THE LENGTHS TO WHICH CHARLATANS GO JUST TO PROVE THEY ARE SUPERMEN THE SIMPLER EXPLANATION IS THAT THERE WAS SOME ONE ELSE IN THE ALLEY CAREFULLY DRESSED IN DULL BLACK TO STAY INVISIBLE IN THE DARKNESS" ], "pre_texts": [ "se and warned me against gambling. Guess how Shari reacted. A big nothing! * * * * * \"Well?\" I asked, as she sat silent with her elbows on the edge of her desk and her chin propped up on her knuckles. \"You're really quite naive, aren't you, Tex?\" she asked me. \"Let me give you an objective statement of what happened to you last night.\" She counted these things off on her fingers: \"You won some money at poker. A gambler said you used TK to win. He took your winnings, and then some, away from you as the price of silence. He warned you not to gamble any more. He claimed he was part of an organization of psi personalities. Is that a fair statement?\" \"Except for one thing,\" I said. \"He used his psi powers on me in a pretty dramatic fashion.\" \"Try Occam's razor,\" she suggested. She was getting insulting. \"All right,\" I growled, feeling my face get red. \"Prefer the simpler explanation, if you can find one. I was prodded in the back, both in the alley and in the office at the brownstone house.", " SECTION EIGHT OF CARD TRICK BY JOHN BERRIMAN THIS LIBER OF OX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN WELL I ASKED AS SHE SAT SILENT WITH HER ELBOWS ON THE EDGE OF HER DESK AND HER CHIN PROPPED UPON HER KNUCKLES YOU'RE REALLY QUITE NAIVE AREN'T YOU TEX SHE ASKED ME LET ME GIVE YOU AN OBJECTIVE STATEMENT OF WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU LAST NIGHT SHE COUNTED THESE THINGS OFF ON HER FINGERS YOU WON SOME MONEY AT POKER A GAMBLER SAID YOU USED K TO WIN HE TOOK YOUR WINNINGS AND THEN SOME AWAY FROM YOU AS THE PRICE OF SILENCE HE WARNED YOU NOT TO GAMBLE ANY MORE HE CLAIMED HE WAS PART OF AN ORGANIZATION OF CY PERSONALITIES IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT EXCEPT FOR ONE THING I SAID HE USED HIS CY POWERS ON ME IN A PRETTY DRAMATIC FASHION TRY OCCUM'S RAZOR SHE SUGGESTED SHE WAS GETTING INSULTING ALL RIGHT I GROWLED FEELING MY FACE GET RED PREFER THE SIMPLER EXPLANATION IF YOU CAN FIND ONE I WAS PRODDED IN THE BACK BOTH IN THE ALLEY AND IN THE OFFICE AT THE BROWNSTONE HOUSE" ], "begin_byte": 29756, "end_byte": 30227 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/8580/cardtrick_1403_librivox_64kb_mp3/card_trick_08_berryman_64kb_21", "recording_id": "large/8580/cardtrick_1403_librivox_64kb_mp3/card_trick_08_berryman_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 6.6, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "8580", "custom": { "texts": [ "\"I forgot to tell you,\" he said. \"Maragon is a clairvoyant, too.\"", "I FORGOT TO TELL YOU HE SAID MAREGAN IS A CLAIRVOYANT TOO" ], "pre_texts": [ " you, if you want the jargon.\" \"Wait till tonight!\" I seethed, beginning to feel my anger grow as my fear dwindled. \"Let them try to pin the psi label on me! I'll call their bluff!\" The TV-phone on Shari's desk rang, and she pressed the Accept key. \"Let me speak with Tex,\" a familiar aggressive voice said. It didn't sound as if it would stand for much nonsense. Shari still had another look of surprise in her. \"For you,\" she said, arching her romantic eyebrows, and turning the instrument around so I was facing the 'scope and screen. Sure enough, it was Wally Bupp. \"Don't do it, Tex,\" he warned me. \"Don't do what?\" \"Don't play tonight. It won't be practical. We mean business.\" \"So do the laws of libel,\" I said. \"One crack about my having psi powers--\" \"Yeah, yeah,\" he interrupted. \"You told us about the lawsuit,\" he said. \"You've got six more days.\" I could see his hand come up to cut the image. \"Hey!\" I said. \"How'd you know where to reach me?\" His sharp face split in that vicious grin.", "E SO I'VE BEEN A FOOL I MUSED IN A WORD YES YOU'RE A NORMAL THEY SUCCORED YOU IF YOU WANT THE JARGON WAIT TILL TO NIGHT I SEETHED BEGINNING TO FEEL MY ANGER GROW AS MY FEAR DWINDLED LET THEM TRY TO PIN THE CY LABEL ON ME I'LL CALL THERE BLUFF THE TEEPHONE ON SHERRY'S DESK RANG AND SHE PRESSED THE ACCEPT KEY LET ME SPEAK WITH TEXTS A FAMILIAR AGGRESSIVE VOICE SAID IT DIDN'T SOUND LIKE I WOULD STAND FOR MUCH NONSENSE SHERRY STILL HAD ANOTHER LOOK OF SURPRISE IN HER FOR YOU SHE SAID ARCHING HER ROMANTIC EYEBROWS AND TURNING THE INSTRUMENT AROUND SO I WAS FACING THE SCOPE AND SCREEN SURE ENOUGH IT WAS WALLY BUB DON'T DO IT TEX HE WARNED ME DON'T DO WHAT DON'T PLAY TO NIGHT IT WON'T BE PRACTICAL WE MEAN BUSINESS SO DO THE LAWS OF LIBEL I SAID ONE CRACK ABOUT MY HAVING CY POWERS YES YES HE INTERRUPTED YOU TOLD US ABOUT THE LAW SUIT SAID YOU'VE GOT SIX MORE DAYS I COULD SEE HIS HAND COME UP TO CUT THE IMAGE HEY I SAID HOW DO YOU KNOW WHERE TO REACH ME HIS SHARP FACE SPLIT IN THAT VICIOUS GRIN" ], "begin_byte": 33312, "end_byte": 33377 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/8580/cardtrick_1403_librivox_64kb_mp3/card_trick_08_berryman_64kb_34", "recording_id": "large/8580/cardtrick_1403_librivox_64kb_mp3/card_trick_08_berryman_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 10.76, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "8580", "custom": { "texts": [ "\"I can't. I'm simply not that important to anyone in the world.\" \"You're not,\" she said dryly. \"But your eight thousand dollars was.", "I CAN'T I'M SIMPLY NOT THAT IMPORTANT TO ANY ONE IN THE WORLD YOU'RE NOT SHE SAID DRILY BUT YOUR EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS WAS" ], "pre_texts": [ " the alley and in the office at the brownstone house. Something hit me in the gut and tripped me up. I had a heart seizure. What's simpler than TK in accounting for the fact this was done without a soul around?\" \"I suppose I shouldn't be critical of you,\" she said. \"It's not your field and you haven't been exposed to the lengths to which charlatans go, just to prove they are supermen. The simpler explanation is that there _was_ someone else in the alley, carefully dressed in dull black to stay invisible in the darkness. The second prodding of a gun in your spine was pure suggestion--you'd been so well-sold by that time you were ready to believe anything.\" \"And my heart attack?\" \"I can think of ten poisons that would give you the symptoms,\" Shari said. \"And don't tell me you let nothing pass your lips!\" she burst out hotly as I started to speak. \"I suppose you've never had a spray hypodermic? You'd never have felt it. Don't you see why they went to all this trouble?\" \"Honestly,\" I said.", "NE I WAS PRODDED IN THE BACK BOTH IN THE ALLEY AND IN THE OFFICE AT THE BROWNSTONE HOUSE SOMETHING HIT ME IN THE GUT AND TRIPPED ME UP I HAD A HEART SEIZURE WHAT'S SIMPLER THAN T K IN ACCOUNTING FOR THE FACT THIS WAS DONE WITHOUT A SOUL AROUND I SUPPOSE I SHOULDN'T BE CRITICAL OF YOU SHE SAID IT'S NOT YOUR FIELD AND YOU HAVEN'T BEEN EXPOSED TO THE LENGTHS TO WHICH CHARLATANS GO JUST TO PROVE THEY ARE SUPERMEN THE SIMPLER EXPLANATION IS THAT THERE WAS SOME ONE ELSE IN THE ALLEY CAREFULLY DRESSED IN DULL BLACK TO STAY INVISIBLE IN THE DARKNESS THE SECOND PRODDING OF A GUN IN YOUR SPINE WAS PURE SUGGESTION YOU'D BEEN SO WELL SOLD BY THAT TIME YOU WERE READY TO BELIEVE ANYTHING AND MY HEART ATTACK I CAN THINK OF TEN POISONS THAT WOULD GIVE YOU THE SYMPTOMS SHERRY SAID AND DON'T TELL ME YOU LET NOTHING PASS YOUR LIPS SHE BURST OUT HOTLY AS I STARTED TO SPEAK I SUPPOSE YOU'VE NEVER HAD A SPRAY HYPODERMIC YOU'D NEVER HAVE FELT IT DON'T YOU SEE WHY THEY WENT TO ALL THIS TROUBLE HONESTLY I SAID" ], "begin_byte": 30703, "end_byte": 30835 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/8580/cardtrick_1403_librivox_64kb_mp3/card_trick_08_berryman_64kb_37", "recording_id": "large/8580/cardtrick_1403_librivox_64kb_mp3/card_trick_08_berryman_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 18.96, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "8580", "custom": { "texts": [ "\"Let me speak with Tex,\" a familiar aggressive voice said. It didn't sound as if it would stand for much nonsense. Shari still had another look of surprise in her. \"For you,\" she said, arching her romantic eyebrows, and turning the instrument around so I was facing the 'scope and screen.", "LET ME SPEAK WITH TEXTS A FAMILIAR AGGRESSIVE VOICE SAID IT DIDN'T SOUND LIKE I WOULD STAND FOR MUCH NONSENSE SHERRY STILL HAD ANOTHER LOOK OF SURPRISE IN HER FOR YOU SHE SAID ARCHING HER ROMANTIC EYEBROWS AND TURNING THE INSTRUMENT AROUND SO I WAS FACING THE SCOPE AND SCREEN" ], "pre_texts": [ "comical of all. You, Tex, a PC!\" \"Why is that funnier than being a TK?\" I demanded, getting up. She waved her hand impatiently. \"We see a little TK here in the lab right along,\" she said. \"At least, there are those who seem to have a small genuine edge on the cards that we can explain no other way. It's small, but apparently exists. But precognition? That's not simply mechanical or kinetic, like TK. PC is something terrifyingly different.\" Her voice hushed as she said it. \"It's a kind of sensitivity that has nothing to do with mere kinetics. It defies time!\" She looked back at me. \"I simply find it comical that you thought of yourself as sensitive to that degree.\" \"So I've been a fool,\" I mused. \"In a word, yes. You're a Normal. They suckered you, if you want the jargon.\" \"Wait till tonight!\" I seethed, beginning to feel my anger grow as my fear dwindled. \"Let them try to pin the psi label on me! I'll call their bluff!\" The TV-phone on Shari's desk rang, and she pressed the Accept key.", "YOU MIGHT BE A P C THAT I MUST CONFESS I FIND THE MOST COMICAL OF ALL YOU TEX A P C WHY IS THAT FUNNIER THAN BEING A T K I DEMANDED GETTING UP SHE WAVED HER HAND IMPATIENTLY WE SEE A LITTLE T K HERE IN THE LAB RIGHT ALONG SHE SAID AT LEAST THERE ARE THOSE WHO SEEM TO HAVE A SMALL GENUINE EDGE ON THE CARD THAT WE CAN EXPLAIN NO OTHER WAY IT'S SMALL BUT APPARENTLY EXISTS BUT PRECOGNITION THAT'S NOT SIMPLY MECHANICAL OR KINETIC LIKE P C IS SOMETHING TERRIFYINGLY DIFFERENT HER VOICE HUSHED AS SHE SAID IT IT'S A KIND OF SENSITIVITY THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MERE KINETICS IT DEFIES TIME SHE LOOKED BACK AT ME I SIMPLY FIND IT COMICAL THAT YOU THOUGHT OF YOURSELF AS SENSITIVE TO THAT DEGREE SO I'VE BEEN A FOOL I MUSED IN A WORD YES YOU'RE A NORMAL THEY SUCCORED YOU IF YOU WANT THE JARGON WAIT TILL TO NIGHT I SEETHED BEGINNING TO FEEL MY ANGER GROW AS MY FEAR DWINDLED LET THEM TRY TO PIN THE CY LABEL ON ME I'LL CALL THERE BLUFF THE TEEPHONE ON SHERRY'S DESK RANG AND SHE PRESSED THE ACCEPT KEY" ], "begin_byte": 32560, "end_byte": 32848 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/8580/cardtrick_1403_librivox_64kb_mp3/card_trick_11_berryman_64kb_19", "recording_id": "large/8580/cardtrick_1403_librivox_64kb_mp3/card_trick_11_berryman_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 16.68, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "8580", "custom": { "texts": [ "She was still dressed for dinner and had a sort of tiara over her thick tresses. \"What is it?\" she said. \"I'm not a psi?\" I demanded. \"No!\" she said. \"Hasn't this gone ?\" \"Well, then, am I crazy?\" I cut in on her.", "SHE WAS STILL DRESSED FOR DINNER AND HAD A SORT OF TIARA OVER HER THICK TRESSES WHAT IS IT SHE SAID I'M NOT A SIGH I DEMANDED NO SHE SAID HASN'T THIS GONE WELL THEN AM I CRAZY I CUT IN ON HER" ], "pre_texts": [ "alking out of the building, gangling and gawky. \"Didn't mean to spoil your luck, neighbor,\" he said. \"Don't give it a second thought, Snead,\" I said. \"Call me Mortimer,\" he said. \"You mind a word of advice, neighbor?\" he asked, bobbing his head around and grinning in a self-conscious way. \"Next time, bet that fourteen. Highest card in the deck. Beats all the others!\" \"You lousy snake!\" I gasped. I'd learned better than to take a poke at him. Lefty had taught me my lesson on that one. Snead might turn out to be a TK as well as a hallucinator, and I wanted no more heart attacks. He handed me a card. \"There'll be somebody at this number all night, neighbor. Gamblers Anonymous.\" He faded off down the dark street. The card merely said: \"Manhattan Chapter NO 5-5600\" * * * * * Shari must have had a swell time at dinner with some guy who didn't gamble, because she didn't come home until nearly midnight. I know because I dialed her apartment every ten minutes until I got her face on the screen.", " SECTION ELEVEN OF CARD TRICK BY JOHN BERRIMAN THIS LIEBER OF OX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SHERRY MUST HAVE HAD A SWELL TIME AT DINNER WITH SOME GUY WHO DIDN'T GAMBLE BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T COME HOME UNTIL NEARLY MIDNIGHT I KNOW BECAUSE I DILED HER APARTMENT EVERY TEN MINUTES UNTIL I GOT HER FACE ON THE SCREEN" ], "begin_byte": 39882, "end_byte": 40096 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/8580/cardtrick_1403_librivox_64kb_mp3/card_trick_12_berryman_64kb_49", "recording_id": "large/8580/cardtrick_1403_librivox_64kb_mp3/card_trick_12_berryman_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 14.08, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "8580", "custom": { "texts": [ "\"Let's get this over with. Make it simple. You may have some statistical objections to my technique tonight, but I'm not looking for fringe effects. If this hot eyed swain of yours is any good at all, he'll bat a thousand.\"", "LET'S GET THIS OVER WITH MAKE IT SIMPLE YOU MAY HAVE SOME STATISTICAL OBJECTIONS TO MY TECHNIQUE TO NIGHT BUT I'M NOT LOOKING FOR FRINGE EFFECTS IF THIS HOT EYED SWAIN OF YOURS IS ANY GOOD AT ALL HE'LL BAT A THOUSAND" ], "pre_texts": [ "tarted. Wally waved a disgusted hand. \"We know all about Dr. King and her field,\" he said. \"Proving that psi powers don't exist, right, Dr. King?\" Shari bristled. It was hard to stay friendly in any talk with Bupp. \"You know my field,\" she said, about twenty degrees below zero. \"I accept any and all evidence, regardless what it proves! There's a lot of talk about psi powers, but precious little that can ever be detected under laboratory conditions!\" \"Oh, well,\" Wally Bupp grinned. \"That's not so strange. All members of the Lodge are cautioned to stay away from laboratories. You've been testing Normals. What do you expect for results?\" \"Then _you_ show me!\" she stormed. \"Go on with you,\" he grinned. \"I thought it was Tex's powers you wanted tested. Mine are irrelevant.\" \"I _thought_ so,\" she said triumphantly. \"Charlatan!\" For a moment the grin flickered off his face and I tensed to catch Shari if she should start to drop. But I guess he thought better of it. \"Some other time,\" he said.", " SO I CUT IN DOCTOR KING IS A PROFESSIONAL IN THIS FIELD I STARTED WALLY WAVED A DISGUSTED HAND WE KNOW ALL ABOUT DOCTOR KING IN HER FIELD HE SAID PROVING THAT CY POWERS DON'T EXIST RIGHT DOCTOR KING SHERRY BRISTLED IT WAS HARD TO STAY FRIENDLY ON ANY TALK WITH BUB YOU KNOW MY FIELD SHE SAID ABOUT TWENTY DEGREES BELOW ZERO I ACCEPT ANY AND ALL EVIDENCE REGARDLESS WHAT IT PROVES THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT CY POWERS BUT PRECIOUS LITTLE THAT CAN EVER BE DETECTED UNDER LABORATORY CONDITIONS OH WELL WALLY BUCK GRINNED THAT'S NOT SO STRANGE ALL MEMBERS OF THE LODGE ARE CAUTIONED TO STAY AWAY FROM LABORATORIES YOU'VE BEEN TESTING NORMALS WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FOR RESULTS THEN YOU SHOW ME SHE STORMED GO ON WITH YOU HE GRINNED I THOUGHT IT WAS TEXAS POWERS YOU WANTED TESTED MINE ARE IRRELEVANT I THOUGHT SO SHE SAID TRIUMPHANTLY CHARLATAN FOR A MOMENT THE GRIN FLICKERED OFF HIS FACE AND I TENSED TO CATCH SHERRY IF SHE SHOULD START TO DROP BUT I GUESS HE THOUGHT BETTER OF IT SOME OTHER TIME HE SAID" ], "begin_byte": 44583, "end_byte": 44806 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/8580/cardtrick_1403_librivox_64kb_mp3/card_trick_12_berryman_64kb_58", "recording_id": "large/8580/cardtrick_1403_librivox_64kb_mp3/card_trick_12_berryman_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 14.919, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "8580", "custom": { "texts": [ "\"That's the real reason.\" I looked my surprise at him, and Shari quieted down just a little. \"Relax, Dr. King,\" he advised her. \"The possession of psi powers isn't a mark of moral superiority.", "THAT'S THE REAL REASON I LOOKED MY SURPRISE AT HIM AND SHERRY QUIETED DOWN JUST A LITTLE RELAX DOCTOR KING HE ADVISED HER THE POSSESSION OF CY POWERS ISN'T A MARK OF MORAL SUPERIORITY" ], "pre_texts": [ "en some good illusions, worked by the best light-fingered operators in the country, but nothing to compare with this! Just let me see you match this charade in _my_ laboratory! With _my_ apparatus!\" She meant her playing cards. Wally was sweet and reasonable. \"You dealt and shuffled most of the hands yourself,\" he reminded her. \"I never touched the cards. How could I control them?\" He grinned a little more sharply. \"And you can't call it TK,\" he went on. \"Did you feel the cards move or twitch or resist you as you shuffled them? It has to be PC.\" She blew her top on that one. It's sickening to see someone you love goaded past all endurance and break down into screams and wild gestures. \"Aah!\" she cried, shaking her head blindly. \"Before I believe that Tex Robertson can feel things that I can't feel, I'll accept _any_ other explanation. What are those cards of yours? Small TV screens? Is this more electronic hokum?\" Wally quietly tore one of the cards in two. \"Now I understand,\" he said.", " THE WONDER TEX IS IN A WORLD SHE SAID I'VE SEEN SOME GOOD ILLUSIONS WORKED BY THE BEST LIGHT FINGERED OPERATORS IN THE COUNTRY BUT NOTHING TO COMPARE WITH THIS JUST LET ME SEE YOU MATCH THE CHARADE IN MY LABORATORY WITH MY APPARATUS SHE MEANT HER PLAYING CARDS WALLY WAS SWEET AND REASONABLE YOU DEALT AND SHUFFLED MOST OF THE HANDS YOURSELF HE REMINDED HER I NEVER TOUCHED THE CARDS HOW COULD I CONTROL THEM HE GRINNED A LITTLE MORE SHARPLY AND YOU CAN'T CALL IT K HE WENT ON DID YOU FEEL THE CARDS MOVE OR TWITCH OR RESIST YOU AS YOU SHUFFLE THEM IT HAS TO BE P C SHE BLEW HER TOP ON THAT ONE IT'S SICKENING TO SEE SOME ONE YOU LOVE GOADED PAST ALL ENDURANCE AND BREAK DOWN INTO SCREAMS AND WILD GESTURES AH SHE CRIED SHAKING HER HEAD BLINDLY BEFORE I BELIEVE THAT TEX ROBERTSON CAN FEEL THINGS THAT I CAN'T FEEL I'LL ACCEPT ANY OTHER EXPLANATION WHAT ARE THOSE CARDS ARE YOUR SMALL TEEVE SCREENS IS THIS MORE ELECTRONIC HOLCOMBE WALIE QUIETLY TORE ONE OF THE CARDS IN TWO NOW I UNDERSTAND HE SAID" ], "begin_byte": 53509, "end_byte": 53701 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/8580/cardtrick_1403_librivox_64kb_mp3/card_trick_12_berryman_64kb_59", "recording_id": "large/8580/cardtrick_1403_librivox_64kb_mp3/card_trick_12_berryman_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 19.839, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "8580", "custom": { "texts": [ "Milly had hit the bull's eye. \"Everybody relax a moment,\" Wally said. \"Tell me, Dr. King, what's your attitude toward PC?\" \"I don't have any!\" she snapped. \"It's a phenomenon. I have as much attitude toward it as I do toward osmosis or toward peristalsis.", "MILLY HAD HIT THE BULL'S EYE EVERYBODY RELAX A MOMENT WALLY SAID TELL ME DOCTOR KING WHAT'S YOUR ATTITUDE TOWARD P C I DON'T HAVE ANY SHE SNAPPED IT'S A PHENOMENON I HAVE AS MUCH ATTITUDE TOWARD IT AS I DO TOWARD OSMOSIS OR TOWARD PERISTOLSIS" ], "pre_texts": [ "mes. He's never been more than five tries to the good in the whole series.\" \"Interesting,\" Wally said. I took my first decent breath in the day. \"This ought to let me off the hook,\" I said to him. \"Are you convinced?\" He shrugged. \"How about it, Milly?\" he asked. \"A random sample,\" she said. \"He doesn't want to score. He didn't try.\" Shari was ready for that one. She turned and spoke to Milly: \"You have ways of knowing what Tex was thinking?\" she asked sweetly. \"Yes.\" \"Name any three!\" Shari lashed at her furiously. The solid woman wasn't the least bit bowled over. \"Read his mind,\" she said matter-of-factly. \"Just like I can tell that you're getting ready to screech 'Charlatan!' at me, and like you think I got a cast-iron girdle and homely shoes. Well, they're comfortable, dearie, which is more than you can say for those high-heeled slippers of yours. That left little toe of yours is killing you, dearie!\" Shari's lips moved, but her mouth was as empty of sound as her face was of blood.", " WORST IN PEOPLE TEX HAS BEEN RIGHT EXACTLY ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY TIMES HE'S NEVER BEEN MORE THAN FIVE TRIES TO THE GOOD IN THE WHOLE SERIES INTERESTING WALLY SAID I TOOK MY FIRST DECENT BREATH IN THE DAY THIS OUGHT TO LET ME OFF THE HOOK I SAID TO HIM ARE YOU CONVINCED HE SHRUGGED HOW ABOUT IT MILLY HE ASKED A RANDOM SAMPLE SHE SAID HE DOESN'T WANT A STORY DIDN'T TRY SHERRY WAS READY FOR THAT ONE SHE TURNED AND SPOKE TO MILLY YOU HAVE WAYS OF KNOWING WHAT TEXT WAS THINKING SHE ASKED SWEETLY YES NAY MANY THREE SHERRY LASHED AT HER FURIOUSLY THE SOLID WOMAN WASN'T THE LEAST BIT BOWLED OVER READ HIS MIND SHE SAID MATTER OF FACTLY JUST LIKE I CAN TELL YOU'RE GETTING READY TO SCREECH CHARLATAN AT ME AND LIKE YOU THINK I GOT A CAST IRON GIRDLE AND HOMELY SHOES WELL THEY'RE COMFORTABLE DEARIE WHICH IS MORE THAN YOU CAN SAY FOR THOSE HIGH HEELED SLIPPERS OF YOURS THAT LEFT LITTLE TOE OF YOURS IS KILLING YOU DEARY SHERRY'S LIPS MOVED BUT HER MOUTH WAS AS EMPTY OF SOUND AS HER FACE WAS OF BLOOD" ], "begin_byte": 47466, "end_byte": 47721 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/8580/cardtrick_1403_librivox_64kb_mp3/card_trick_12_berryman_64kb_70", "recording_id": "large/8580/cardtrick_1403_librivox_64kb_mp3/card_trick_12_berryman_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 16.519, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "8580", "custom": { "texts": [ "\"That's not what Pheola says,\" he told her sourly, pointing to chairs we could take. \"Pheola?\" Shari questioned. \"A powerful PC,\" Wally said. \"She predicted you would accompany Tex tonight.\"", "THAT'S NOT WHAT THEOLA SAYS HE TOLD HER SOURLY POINTING TO CHAIRS WE COULD TAKE THEOLA SHERRY QUESTIONED A POWERFUL P C WALIE SAID SHE PREDICTED YOU WOULD ACCOMPANY TEXT TO NIGHT" ], "pre_texts": [ "aid desperately. \"Under laboratory conditions.\" He gave me an address. \"Come any time,\" he said. \"That's me walking in,\" I told him. * * * * * Shari had to pay off the 'copter when we got there. It wasn't the brownstone I had seen the night before. This place was a medium-sized office building, say a hundred stories or so, quite new. There was no identification on its front other than the street number. The Directory in the silent and unpopulated lobby was names, all names. But Dr. Walter Bupp was one of them, in 7704. Shari and I rode the elevator to seventy-seven in chilly silence. The corridor was dim, with its lights on night-time setting. Stronger light came from an open door quite a way down the hall. It had to be Bupp's office, and it was. Wally certainly wasn't surprised to see Shari. He shook hands with her briefly, pushing his sharp chin out at her in his gamecock fashion. \"Your mate?\" he asked me. \"Certainly not,\" she told him. \"We're ... uh ... colleagues at the University.", " SECTION TWELVE OF CARD TRICK BY JOHN BERRYMAN THIS LIEBER OF OX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SHERRY HAD TO PAY OFF THE COPTOR WHEN WE GOT THERE IT WASN'T THE BROWNSTONE I HAD SEEN THE NIGHT BEFORE THIS PLACE WAS A MEDIUM SIZED OFFICE BUILDING SAY A HUNDRED STORIES OR SO QUITE NEW THERE WAS NO IDENTIFICATION ON ITS FRONT OTHER THAN THE STREET NUMBER THE DIRECTORY IN THE SILENT AND UNPOPULATED LOBBY WAS NAMES ALL NAMES BUT DOCTOR WALTER BUB WAS ONE OF THEM IN SEVENTY SEVEN O FOUR SHERRY AND I RODE THE ELEVATOR TO SEVENTY SEVEN IN CHILLY SILENCE THE CORRIDOR WAS DIM WITH ITS LIGHTS ON NIGHT TIME SETTING STRONGER LIGHT CAME FROM AN OPEN DOOR QUITE AWAY DOWN THE HALL IT HAD TO BE BUB'S OFFICE AND IT WAS WALLY CERTAINLY WASN'T SURPRISED TO SEE SHERRY HE SHOOK HANDS WITH HER BRIEFLY PUSHING HIS SHARP CHIN OUT AT HER IN GAMECOCK FASHION YOURE MATE HE ASKED ME CERTAINLY NOT SHE TOLD HIM WE'RE A COLLEAGUES AT THE UNIVERSITY" ], "begin_byte": 42880, "end_byte": 43071 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/8580/cardtrick_1403_librivox_64kb_mp3/card_trick_12_berryman_64kb_83", "recording_id": "large/8580/cardtrick_1403_librivox_64kb_mp3/card_trick_12_berryman_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 9.4, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "8580", "custom": { "texts": [ "\"We know all about Dr. King and her field,\" he said. \"Proving that psi powers don't exist, right, Dr. King?\"", "WE KNOW ALL ABOUT DOCTOR KING IN HER FIELD HE SAID PROVING THAT CY POWERS DON'T EXIST RIGHT DOCTOR KING" ], "pre_texts": [ "ice, and it was. Wally certainly wasn't surprised to see Shari. He shook hands with her briefly, pushing his sharp chin out at her in his gamecock fashion. \"Your mate?\" he asked me. \"Certainly not,\" she told him. \"We're ... uh ... colleagues at the University.\" \"That's not what Pheola says,\" he told her sourly, pointing to chairs we could take. \"Pheola?\" Shari questioned. \"A powerful PC,\" Wally said. \"She predicted you would accompany Tex tonight.\" \"Oh, _really_,\" Shari said scathingly. \"I was there,\" I told her. \"She really did.\" \"Let's not be diverted by sideshows,\" Shari said. \"We're here to measure the psi powers of Tex Robertson, not to talk over the reputed clairvoyance of some dim and misty character.\" \"Precognition,\" Wally corrected her. \"Stick around, Dr. King. Pheola will be down a little later. She thinks Tex is something special.\" That was not going to make a good interchange, so I cut in. \"Dr. King is a professional in this field--\" I started. Wally waved a disgusted hand.", " CAME FROM AN OPEN DOOR QUITE AWAY DOWN THE HALL IT HAD TO BE BUB'S OFFICE AND IT WAS WALLY CERTAINLY WASN'T SURPRISED TO SEE SHERRY HE SHOOK HANDS WITH HER BRIEFLY PUSHING HIS SHARP CHIN OUT AT HER IN GAMECOCK FASHION YOURE MATE HE ASKED ME CERTAINLY NOT SHE TOLD HIM WE'RE A COLLEAGUES AT THE UNIVERSITY THAT'S NOT WHAT THEOLA SAYS HE TOLD HER SOURLY POINTING TO CHAIRS WE COULD TAKE THEOLA SHERRY QUESTIONED A POWERFUL P C WALIE SAID SHE PREDICTED YOU WOULD ACCOMPANY TEXT TO NIGHT OH REALLY SHERRY SAID SCATHINGLY I WAS THERE I TOLD HER SHE REALLY DID LET'S NOT BE DIVERTED BY SIDESHOWS SHERRY SAID WE'RE HERE TO MEASURE THE SIDE POWERS OF TEX ROBERTSON NOT TO TALK OVER THE REPUTED CLAIRVOYANCE OF SOME DIM AND MISTY CHARACTER PRECOGNITION WALLY CORRECTED HER STICK AROUND DOCTOR KING FIOLA WILL BE DOWN A LITTLE LATER SHE THINKS TEX IS SOMETHING SPECIAL THAT WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE A GOOD INTERCHANGE SO I CUT IN DOCTOR KING IS A PROFESSIONAL IN THIS FIELD I STARTED WALLY WAVED A DISGUSTED HAND" ], "begin_byte": 43620, "end_byte": 43728 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/8580/cardtrick_1403_librivox_64kb_mp3/card_trick_15_berryman_64kb_7", "recording_id": "large/8580/cardtrick_1403_librivox_64kb_mp3/card_trick_15_berryman_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 15.68, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "8580", "custom": { "texts": [ "Pipe a liquid through a tube within my TK range and I can make an equilibrium reaction run uphill as the stuff flows past me. How about a one step operation to produce those rare drugs that now take forty nine separate reactions?\"", "PIPE A LIQUID THROUGH A TUBE WITHIN MY T K RANGE AND I CAN MAKE AN EQUILIBRIUM REACTION RUN UPHILL AS THE STUFF FLOWS PAST ME HOW ABOUT ONE STEP OPERATION TO PRODUCE THOSE RARE DRUGS THAT NOW TAKE FORTY NINE SEPARATE REACTIONS" ], "pre_texts": [ "part of it goes on at some subconscious level, Shari,\" I said. \"But we had evidence that it can be made completely conscious.\" She shuddered and hugged her arms to herself. \"I hate to say this to you,\" she said. \"But you're a freak.\" I took a deep breath and smiled. \"Unique is the way the Grand Master puts it,\" I said, pleased with myself. \"He says it has terrific possibilities.\" And then it hit me, that delicious thought that I was among the elect, that I always had been. \"What possibilities?\" Shari demanded, recoiling from me. \"Doing card tricks?\" \"To name a few,\" I said. \"They feel sure I can operate directly on the molecular chain in genes. This means we can alter heredity to suit ourselves. Next, why not rearrange the DNA molecule in a cancer? If you can change the genes in one cell, you can change them in another. Knock out the ability of cancerous cells to reproduce their own kind and the cancer disappears. A silly one: Maragon says I can be a one-man catalytic cracking station.", " DURING THE NIGHT THE PERCEPTION ON SCANNING PART OF IT GOES ON AT SOME SUBCONSCIOUS LEVEL SHERRY I SAID BUT WE HAD EVIDENCE THAT IT CAN BE MADE COMPLETELY CONSCIOUS SHE SHUDDERED AND HUGGED HER ARMS TO HERSELF I HATE TO SAY THIS TO YOU SHE SAID BUT YOU'RE A FREAK I TOOK A DEEP BREATH AND SMILED UNIQUE IS THE WAY THE GRAND MASTER PUTS IT I SAID PLEASED WITH MYSELF HE SAYS IT HAS TERRIFIC POSSIBILITIES AND THEN IT HIT ME THAT DELICIOUS THOUGHT THAT I WAS AMONG THE ELECT THAT I ALWAYS HAD BEEN WHAT POSSIBILITIES SHERRY DEMANDED RECOILING FROM ME DOING CARD TRICKS TO NAME A FEW I SAID THEY FEEL SURE I CAN OPERATE DIRECTLY ON THE MOLECULAR CHAIN IN GENES THIS MEANS WE CAN ALTER HEREDITY TO SUIT OURSELVES NEXT WHY NOT REARRANGE THE D AND A MOLECULE IN A CANCER IF YOU CAN CHANGE THE GENES IN ONE CELL YOU CAN CHANGE THEM IN ANOTHER KNOCK OUT THE ABILITY OF CANCER CELLS TO REPRODUCE THEIR OWN KIND AND THE CANCER DISAPPEARS A SILLY ONE MARIGOND SAYS I CAN BE A ONE MAN CATALITIC CRACKING STATION" ], "begin_byte": 61951, "end_byte": 62181 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/8580/cardtrick_1403_librivox_64kb_mp3/card_trick_15_berryman_64kb_9", "recording_id": "large/8580/cardtrick_1403_librivox_64kb_mp3/card_trick_15_berryman_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 20.119, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "8580", "custom": { "texts": [ "she gasped. \"Stop, honey! Suppose somebody walks in.\" \"A PC like you never gets _that_ kind of surprise,\" I lied valiantly. \"Am I?\" she whispered. \"Am I really a PC?\" \"That's why you locked the door,\" I said. \"Remember?\"", "SHE GASPED STOP HONEY SUPPOSE SOMEBODY WALKS IN A PIECEE LIKE YOU NEVER GETS THAT KIND OF SURPRISE I LIED VALIANTLY AM I SHE WHISPERED AM I REALLY A P THAT'S WHY YOU LOCKED THE DOOR I SAID REMEMBER" ], "pre_texts": [ " ability of cancerous cells to reproduce their own kind and the cancer disappears. A silly one: Maragon says I can be a one-man catalytic cracking station. Pipe a liquid through a tube within my TK range and I can make an equilibrium reaction run uphill as the stuff flows past me. How about a one-step operation to produce those rare drugs that now take forty-nine separate reactions?\" \"This does have a significance for science,\" she admitted. \"The genetic part is right down your alley. And it's not PC, is it?\" \"Strictly TK,\" I told her. \"You're the only PC in the family.\" \"Family?\" She turned pink as I went around the desk after her. \"I told you the answer was 'no.'\" \"I have inside information,\" I said, pulling her to me. \"One of the PC's up at the chapter house said this was what would happen.\" She didn't fight my kiss more than a couple seconds. Then it was a pure case of self-preservation for me. This girl was a tiger. Looks can be awfully deceiving. But she broke away from me. \"Tex!", " YOU CAN CHANGE THEM IN ANOTHER KNOCK OUT THE ABILITY OF CANCER CELLS TO REPRODUCE THEIR OWN KIND AND THE CANCER DISAPPEARS A SILLY ONE MARIGOND SAYS I CAN BE A ONE MAN CATALITIC CRACKING STATION PIPE A LIQUID THROUGH A TUBE WITHIN MY T K RANGE AND I CAN MAKE AN EQUILIBRIUM REACTION RUN UPHILL AS THE STUFF FLOWS PAST ME HOW ABOUT ONE STEP OPERATION TO PRODUCE THOSE RARE DRUGS THAT NOW TAKE FORTY NINE SEPARATE REACTIONS THIS DOES HAVE A SIGNIFICANCE FOR SCIENCE SHE ADMITTED THE GENETIC PART IS RIGHT DOWN YOUR ALLEY AND IT'S NOT P C IS IT STRICTLY T K I TOLD HER YOU'RE THE ONLY P C IN THE FAMILY FAMILY SHE TURNED PINK AS I WENT AROUND THE DESK AFTER HER I TOLD YOU THE ANSWER WAS NO I HAVE INSIDE INFORMATION I SAID PULLING HER TO ME ONE OF THE PIECE UP AT THE CHAPTER HOUSE SAID THIS WAS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN SHE DIDN'T FIGHT MY KISS MORE THAN A COUPLE SECONDS THEN IT WAS A PURE CASE OF SELF PRESERVATION FOR ME THIS GIRL WAS A TIGER LOOKS CAN BE AWFULLY DECEIVING BUT SHE BROKE AWAY FROM ME TAX" ], "begin_byte": 62796, "end_byte": 63017 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/8587/boatclub_1608_librivox_64kb_mp3/boatclub_19_optic_64kb_56", "recording_id": "large/8587/boatclub_1608_librivox_64kb_mp3/boatclub_19_optic_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 15.119, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "8587", "custom": { "texts": [ "\"You need not criminate yourself,\" interposed the judge. \"He told me all about it,\" replied Joe, suddenly brushing up his wits. \"You needn't wink at me, Tim; I'm goin' to blow the whole thing,\" continued he, shaking his head at the crestfallen Bunker.", "YOU NEED NOT CRIMINATE YOURSELF INTERPOSED THE JUDGE HE TOLD ME ALL ABOUT IT REPLIED JOE SUDDENLY BRUSHING UP HIS WITS YOU NEEDN'T WINK AT ME TIM I'M GOING TO BLOW THE WHOLE THING CONTINUED HE SHAKING HIS HEAD AT THE CRESTFALLEN BUNKER" ], "pre_texts": [ "learned brother answers the question, and then puts it.\" \"Put the question fairly, Mr. Benson,\" added the judge. \"Was this the bill?\" said the lawyer, handing the witness the twenty dollar note. \"I rather guess it was.\" \"You guess! Don't you know?\" said Mr. Benson, with severity in his tone and manner. \"Yes, sir, it was,\" answered Joe, startled by the questioner's sharp words. \"How do you know?\" \"I see'd this 'ere mark on't,\" replied the witness, pointing to Mr. Doolittle's shop-card. \"Now, Mr. Braman,\" continued Squire Benson, suddenly softening his tone, and assuming a pleasant smile, \"Where did you get this bill?\" \"_Tim Bunker gin it to me._\" The reply of Joe produced a great sensation in the court-room. \"I told you so!\" whispered Charles Hardy to Frank. There was a smile of triumph on the face of Tony, and all eyes were turned to him. \"It's a lie!\" groaned Tim, his face as white as a sheet. \"Did he tell you where he got it?\" continued Mr. Benson, in an apparently indifferent tone. ", "UR HONOUR'S JUDGMENT SAID THE COUNTY ATTORNEY WITH A SMILE MY LEARNED BROTHER ANSWERS THE QUESTION AND THEN PUTS IT PUT THE QUESTION FAIRLY MISTER BENSON ADDED THE JUDGE WAS THIS THE BILL SAID THE LAWYER HANDING THE WITNESS THE TWENTY DOLLAR NOTE I RATHER GUESS IT WAS YOU GUESS DON'T YOU KNOW SAID MISTER BENSON WITH SEVERITY IN HIS TONE AND MANNER YES SIR IT WAS ANSWERED JOE STARTLED BY THE QUESTIONER'S SHARP WORDS HOW DO YOU KNOW I SEE THIS ERE MARK ON IT REPLIED THE WITNESS POINTING MISTER DOOLITTLE'S SHOP CARD NOW MISTER ROBIN CONTINUED SQUIRE BENSON SUDDENLY SOFTENING HIS TONE AND ASSUMING A PLEASANT SMILE WHERE DID YOU GET THE BILL TIM BUNKER GIN IT TO ME THE REPLY OF JOE PRODUCED A GREAT SENSATION IN THE COURTROOM I TOLD YOU SO WHISPERED CHARLES HARDY TO FRANK THERE WAS A SMILE OF TRIUMPH ON THE FACE OF TONY AND ALL EYES WERE TURNED TO HIM IT'S A LIE GROANED TIM HIS FACE AS WHITE AS A SHEET DID HE TELL YOU WHERE HE GOT IT CONTINUED MISTER BENSON IN AN APPARENTLY INDIFFERENT TONE " ], "begin_byte": 221983, "end_byte": 222233 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/8587/boatclub_1608_librivox_64kb_mp3/boatclub_20_optic_64kb_47", "recording_id": "large/8587/boatclub_1608_librivox_64kb_mp3/boatclub_20_optic_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 30.359, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "8587", "custom": { "texts": [ "\"I will speak with Captain Sedley about it. Here comes the boat,\" added George Weston. \"We have come to row you up to my father's,\" said the coxswain. \"Thank you, Frank,\" replied George. \"We shall be very happy to accompany you.\" Mrs. Weston and Mary were all ready, and the party seated themselves in the stern sheets of the Zephyr. On their way down the lake, the scheme of having another club boat was discussed and fully matured. \"What will you call her, Tony?\" asked Charles. \"I don't know,\" said Tony, musing. \"What do you think of the Butterfly?\"", "I WILL SPEAK WITH CAPTAIN SEDLEY ABOUT IT HERE COMES A BOAT ADDED GEORGE WESSON WE HAVE COME TO ROW YOU UP TO MY FATHER'S SAID THE COXSWAIN THANK YOU FRANK REPLIED GEORGE WE SHALL BE VERY HAPPY TO ACCOMPANY YOU MISSUS WESTON AND MARY WERE ALL READY AND THE PARTY SEED THEMSELVES IN THE STERN SHEETS OF THE ZEPHYR ON THEIR WAY DOWN THE LAKE THE SCHEME OF HAVING ANOTHER CLUB BOAT WAS DISCUSSED AND FULLY MATURED WHAT WILL YOU CALL HER TONY ASKED CHARLES I DON'T KNOW SAID TONY MUSING WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE BUTTERFLY" ], "pre_texts": [ " good boy, Tony; and a good boy deserves everything it is proper for him to have.\" \"But we don't need another. We have just as good times in the Zephyr as though each owned a share in her. There is nothing mean about Frank Sedley, I can tell you!\" said Tony, with enthusiasm. \"He seems to be a very fine little fellow,\" added George. \"That he is; why, only last Fourth of July he gave mother all the money he had saved for the occasion, instead of spending it. What do you say to that?\" \"That was noble. My poor mother! Was she indeed reduced to such extremity as that?\" \"She didn't want it; but he would give it to her, and she bought new dresses for herself and Mary with it.\" \"It was very generous, and he shall lose nothing by it.\" \"Charley Hardy did the same, and both of them stayed at home on the Fourth.\" \"They shall be rewarded. But the new boat, Tony?\" \"I don't think we need another.\" \"If you had another, you could race a little, and manoeuvre together.\" \"That would be nice, wouldn't it?", "CITY I WILL ORDER ONE BUILT HOW LIBERAL YOU ARE GEORGE YOU ARE A GOOD BOY TONY AND A GOOD BOY DESERVES EVERYTHING IT IS PROPER FOR HIM TO HAVE BUT WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER WE HAVE JUST AS GOOD TIMES AS ZEPHYR AS THOUGH EACH OWNED A SHARE IN HER THERE IS NOTHING MEAN ABOUT FRANK SEDLEY I CAN TELL YOU SAID TONY WITH ENTHUSIASM HE SEEMED TO BE A VERY FINE LITTLE FELLOW ADDED GEORGE THAT HE IS WHY ONLY LAST FOURTH JULY HE GAVE MOTHER ALL THE MONEY IT SAVED FOR THE OCCASION AND SAYS SPENDING IT WHAT'D HE SAY TO THAT THAT WAS INDEED NOBLE MY POOR MOTHER WAS SHE INDEED REDUCED TO SUCH EXTREMITY AS THAT SHE DIDN'T WANT IT BUT HE WOULD GIVE IT TO HER AND SHE BOUGHT NEW DRESSES FOR HERSELF AND MARY WITH IT IT WAS VERY GENEROUS AND HE SHALL LOSE NOTHING BY IT CHARLES HARDY DID THE SAME AND BOTH OF THEM STAYED AT HOME ON THE FOURTH THEY SHALL BE REWARDED BUT THE NEW BOAT TONY I DON'T THINK WE NEED ANOTHER IF YOU HAD ANOTHER YOU COULD RACE A LITTLE AND MANOEUVRE TOGETHER THAT WOULD BE NICE WOULDN'T IT" ], "begin_byte": 232693, "end_byte": 233247 } } ]

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