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“It’s not evening, Lance. It’s very early in the morning.”
“Oh. Sorry about that. I have important news.”
“I’ve already heard it,” Stone said.
“That’s impossible.”
“No, it’s not, Lance. I got it from the horse’s mouth.”
“I assure you,I amthe horse’s mouth.”
“All right, you first,” Stone said.
“No, you first.”
“All right, the Japanese have just bombed Pearl Harbor.”
“Be serious.”
“We lost six battleships. That’s not serious?”
“I order you to shut up and listen,” Lance said.
“I’m listening.”
Lance was silent for a moment. “Now I can’t remember what I was going to tell you.”
“Was it that John Collins is still alive?”
“It most certainly was not.”
“I just thought I’d take a stab.”
“I’ll call you back when I can remember why I called.”
“Could you make it after sevenam?” Stone asked. “Then I can drown you out with the TV news.” He hung up, and so did Lance.
A moment later, the phone rang again. “I forgot to tell you something,” Vanessa said. “Don’t tell Lance Cabot that John is still alive.”
“I’m afraid I’ve already told him, but he didn’t believe me.”
“That’s good. Let’s keep it that way until tomorrow afternoon. John’s request. He wants to tell Lance himself.”
“All right,” Stone said. “Good night.” He hung up.
Stone was nodding off when the phone rang again.
“Hello.”
“It’s Lance. I’ve just received the most preposterous note.”
“Don’t tell me, it was from John Collins, saying he was still alive.”
“What?How could you possibly know that?”
“I gave you that news earlier this evening.”
“Yes, but of course I didn’t believe you.”
