Monday, October 27th
 (dictated 8:29 pm, Oct 29) 

     It finally arrived, and while Beth
slept through the whole thing, I       
quickly dressed.                       
     After waking her, she said, “Wow! 
An hour early, what's gotten into you?”
     “Halloween,” I said cryptically,  
kissed her, and off I went.            
     Even AmyStrange was surprised to  
see me that early, but it didn’t stop  
* her from getting right down to the       
escape, even before I had a chance to  
ask one question.                      
     “I’ll give you two hundred thou-  
sand dollars, if a hundred isn’t       
enough,” and then raised it to three   
hundred when I hesitated.              
     “You’ve got to get me out of here,
and you’ve got to do it before the end 
of the week. Otherwise, poof, there    
goes your chance to make even more     
money. I’ve got a couple other cat     
friends who also need help, and by the 
way, they’re the ones bankrolling this 
whole sheebockle.                      
     “Besides, isn’t this what you do, 
save animals?”                         



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