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an important person, modern and successful. That you are an investigator.тАЭ
He peered at her over his teacup.

тАЬMissing persons, actually, for the National Police.тАЭ she said. тАЬBut I
quit that years ago. When we found every-body.тАЭ

тАЬYou found everybody?тАЭ Victor laughed and gazed at her steadily,
then turned to watch Nancy making her rounds in the living room.

тАЬWhat about you, Mr. Vole?тАЭ Zoranna said. тАЬWhat do you do for a
living?тАЭ

тАЬWhatтАЩs this Mr.? IтАЩm not Mr. IтАЩm Victor! We are prac-tically related,
you and I. What do I do for a living? For a living I live, of course. For
groceries, I teach ballroom dance lessons.тАЭ

тАЬYouтАЩre kidding.тАЭ

тАЬWhy should I kid? I teach the waltz, the fox-trot, the cha-cha.тАЭ He
mimed holding a partner and swaying in three-quarters time. тАЬI teach the
merletz and my specialty, the Cuban tango.тАЭ

тАЬIтАЩm amazed,тАЭ said Zoranna. тАЬThereтАЩs enough interest in that for
Applied People to keep instructors?тАЭ

Victor recoiled in mock affront. тАЬI am not AP. IтАЩm a freebooter, like
you, Zoe.тАЭ

тАЬOh,тАЭ she said and paused to sip her tea. If he wasnтАЩt AP, what was
he doing obviously living in an APRT? Had Nancy respoused? Applied
People tended to be pro-prietary about living arrangements in its towers.
Bug, she tongued, find Victor VoleтАЩs status in the tower directory. Out loud
she said, тАЬIt pays well, dance instruction?тАЭ

тАЬIt pays execrably.тАЭ He threw his hands into the air. тАЬAs do all the arts.
But some things are more important than money. You make a point,
however. A man must eat, so I do other things as well. I consult with
gentlemen on the contents of their wardrobes. This pays more
hand-somely, for gentlemen detest appearing in public in out-moded attire.тАЭ

Zoranna had a pleasing mental image of this tall, ele-gant man in a
starched white shirt and black tux floating across a shiny hardwood floor in
the arms of an equally elegant partner. She could even imagine herself as
that partner. But Nancy?

The tower link is unavailable, said Bug, due to over-extension of
the houseputer processors.

Zoranna was surprised. A mere three dozen interactive holos would
hardly burden her home system. But then, everything on Sub40 seemed