"It was Becky. Even in the past she knew that I needed help, and how to give it."
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"You are out of time." Becky said, "But no matter when it happens you are my brother, and I will watch over you."
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"Suddenly my mind cleared. I was there to prevent a tragedy, not to create more. I bent over the woman. She was pale but breathing normally. She would recover. Then I saw the gypsy woman come running to me. She looked me in the eyes, and I recognized Heather."
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"You know what this means. You cannot come now, not after this attack. You must allow several days for it to become all news – if you feed quietly, and then, only then come in, probably taking the train. This way you cannot be connected to this."
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"It was good advice. Of course, unlike me, she was an experienced criminal, and knew a thing or two about erasing traces. After all, I had been lucky when I was first released, because my first attacks had been pinned on the phoenix, and that I had apparently come in after they had closed the case."
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"Taking the train would mean money."
"So, find it. You can hypnotize people to give you money and forget about it."
"They will miss the money. It is not like blood that people do not keep count of how much they got inside."
"So go to that cache of jewels. Take some from the bottom, and let Danny find the rest later. Just enough for a train ticket, and a small bag. And you might need help. This woman that I am riding has a husband, Titus. I will get him to you, and you can control him."
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"As I said, she had experience of being a criminal. I really did not think about those things. In my mind I was still the naïve Amos Benchley. Things happened to me, but I could not plan to make things happen, not without help. She did entice Titus as she said, and it took one bite to get him under my power."
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"Now, please, let me know what is happening with the Benchley family"?