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"No," mumbled the detective, crestfallen. "I just wanted to find out Anybody running a nut cult's
automatically reserved a place inBellevue."



"Forget it, sir. I spit on the Cult of Hagar. It is my livelihood, but I know better than any man that it is a
mockery. Do you know what our highest mystery is? The Ineluctable Modality." Kazam sneered.



"That's Joyce," said Fitzgerald with, a ^rin. "You have a sense of humor, Mr. Kazam. That's a rare thing
in the religious."



"Please," said Joseph Kazam. "Don't call me that. I am not worthyтАФthe noble, sincere men who work
for their various faiths are my envy. I have seen too much to be one of them."
"Go on," said Fitzgerald, leaning forward. He read books, this detective, and dearly loved an abstract
discussion.



The Persian hesitated. "I," he said at length, "am an occult engineer. I am a man who can make the
hidden forces work."



"Like staring a leprechaun in the eye till he finds you a pot of gold?" suggested the detective with a
chuckle.



"One manifestation," said Kazam calmly. "Only one."



"Look," said Fitzgerald. "They still have that room in Belle-



vue. Don't say that in publipтАФstick to the Ineluctable Modality if you know what's good for you."



"Tut," said the Persian regretfully. "He's working on you."