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"Precisely! He said you talked to him and that you had come up with some additional information, all of which only served to make me more curious." |
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"I can guess the rest, but I have to ask, why me?" |
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"Cosmo Leach, serendipityI don't know. Maybe it's because Doctor Leach spent one whole lecture on you. I just happened to be reading your The Terror of Teacup at the same time he dumped that lecture on us. Knowing Cosmo, he probably never told you, but he's quite a fan of yours, too." |
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I ingored Brenda's assessment of Cosmo's opinion. I knew the old fart well enough to know that his opinion could change with nothing more than a little gas on the stomach. "Let's vault right into your conclusion. You discovered some pretty weird stuff in some dusty old books. How convinced are you that there is anything to all of this?" |
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"There's something to it, all right. I can feel it." |
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I took a sip of coffee and agreed with her. "You're right. There's something going on here, but I just don't know what yet. What I do have to ask you is, why share it ? Why not track it down yourself?" |
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"Money," she said simply. "I'm broke. I can't even afford to pay attention." |
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"So you want me to follow up on this?" |
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