"She cost you more”
"I know,” said the trick. "How much?”
"You tell me,” she said, thinking he might be a cop setting her up. That kind of thing still happened whenever the religious authorities ran out of infidels to persecute. (George Alec Effinger)

"She cost you more” "I know,” said the trick. "How much?” "You tell me,” she said, thinking he might be a cop setting her up. That kind of thing still happened whenever the religious authorities ran out of infidels to persecute.

George Alec Effinger

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