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It
seemed
very
unlikely
.
But
then
,
this
whole
evening
had
become
increasingly
unlikely
.
Shadow
took
the
quarter
he
had
used
for
the
coin
toss
from
the
table
,
enjoying
the
sensation
of
a
freshly
milled
coin
against
his
fingers
,
producing
it
in
his
right
hand
between
forefinger
and
thumb
.
He
appeared
to
take
it
into
his
left
hand
in
one
smooth
movement
,
while
casually
finger
-
palming
it
.
He
closed
his
left
hand
on
the
imaginary
quarter
.
Then
he
took
a
second
quarter
in
his
right
hand
,
between
finger
and
thumb
,
and
,
as
he
pretended
to
drop
that
coin
into
the
left
hand
,
he
let
the
palmed
quarter
fall
into
his
right
hand
,
striking
the
quarter
he
held
there
on
the
way
.
The
chink
confirmed
the
illusion
that
both
coins
were
in
his
left
hand
,
while
they
were
now
both
held
safely
in
his
right
.
"
Coin
tricks
is
it
?
"
asked
Sweeney
,
his
chin
raising
,
his
scruffy
beard
bristling
.
"
Why
,
if
it
’
s
coin
tricks
we
’
re
doing
,
watch
this
.
"
He
took
an
empty
glass
from
the
table
.
Then
he
reached
out
and
took
a
large
coin
,
golden
and
shining
,
from
the
air
.
He
dropped
it
into
the
glass
.
He
took
another
gold
coin
from
the
air
and
tossed
it
into
the
glass
,
where
it
clinked
against
the
first
.
He
took
a
coin
from
the
candle
flame
of
a
candle
on
the
wall
,
another
from
his
beard
,
a
third
from
Shadow
’
s
empty
left
hand
,
and
dropped
them
,
one
by
one
,
into
the
glass
.
Then
he
curled
his
fingers
over
the
glass
,
and
blew
hard
,
and
several
more
golden
coins
dropped
into
the
glass
from
his
hand
.
He
tipped
the
glass
of
sticky
coins
into
his
jacket
pocket
,
and
then
tapped
the
pocket
to
show
,
unmistakably
,
that
it
was
empty
.
"
There
,
"
he
said
.
"
That
’
s
a
coin
trick
for
you
.
"
Shadow
,
who
had
been
watching
closely
,
put
his
head
on
one
side
.
"
I
need
to
know
how
you
did
it
.
"
"
I
did
it
,
"
said
Sweeney
,
with
the
air
of
one
confiding
a
huge
secret
,
"
with
panache
and
style
.
That
’
s
how
I
did
it
.
"
He
laughed
,
silently
,
rocking
on
his
heels
,
his
gappy
teeth
bared
.
"
Yes
,
"
said
Shadow
.
"
That
is
how
you
did
it
.
You
’
ve
got
to
teach
me
.
All
the
ways
of
doing
the
Miser
’
s
Dream
that
I
’
ve
read
,
you
’
d
be
hiding
the
coins
in
the
hand
that
holds
the
glass
,
and
dropping
them
in
while
you
produce
and
vanish
the
coin
in
your
right
hand
.
"
"
Sounds
like
a
hell
of
a
lot
of
work
to
me
,
"
said
Mad
Sweeney
.
"
It
’
s
easier
just
to
pick
them
out
of
the
air
.
"
