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''I'll do the lists in quintuplicate, Mrs. Bates. It isn't any more trouble to print five copies than to print two, and that way I can send Mrs. Paxton a list, have two for us, and one each for the insurance company and the shipping line."
"Now that's very clever, Linda. It never hurts to have an extra copy or two. Do you have your own typewriter?"
"Oh, no, I don't," Linda said, recalling with longing the little laptop computer and portable printer locked in her luggage. "I thought"
Mrs. Bates laughed. "Now what would I do with a typewriter? However, that can't be any trouble. Anything can be rented these days. I'm sure you could rent a typewriter, or whatever you need, for a week or two. But you will have to see about that. My, you do have a heavy schedule. But do you think you could find time to get to the library and pick up some new books for me?"
"Of course I can."
"Then that's all I can think of just now, Linda." Mrs. Bates's eyes twinkled. "But I am sure I will have a whole new list by the time you get home."
Linda smiled too. It was perfectly obvious that Mrs. Bates intended to keep her too busy to worry until she was over the shock of the candy incident. It was done so openly, however, that Linda could not believe Mrs. Bates was trying to deceive her. Clearly her employer was neither worried nor frightened. She was merely trying to restore Linda's peace of mind. And, Linda

 
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