condensed master

Will Bonner
quiet as a tomb and probably used to get out of earshot of the reception.
"What are you trying to do to me Will Brenner! How did you find out where
I worked?" Will looked across to where she was sitting.
"You are a different woman in this setting aren't you? I'll have to watch my p's
and q's."
"You haven't answered my question."
"Well I'm trying to do something for you, not against you, and you must know
that there are many ways of finding out about your activities. When I did this to Ed
he had a concealed gun at the ready. Where's yours?"
Margaret burst out laughing, the initial tension had been released and she was
back to her old controlled self again. "It was a shock seeing you. You were the last
person I expected. I'm sorry I sounded a bit hard, have you got something to tell
me? Is Adam not satisfactory?"
"No, to the contrary he's fine, and very intelligent technically. But you're
making a mistake not getting involved."
"I don't understand. I know nothing about electronics!"
"You'd be at a disadvantage if you did."
"I still don't understand."
"There's no one guiding him into the future, he's only working on demand.
There will be a time in the future when he'll come to the realization that he's going
over the same old ground and he'll object. Not directly, but in a way that won't be
very productive for you."
"Go on."
"The people in your team that use the surveillance equipment seem to have
wood for brains. What's being asked in the way of upgrades is devoid of
innovation."
"How can we possibly overcome that?"
"If you don't institute something now, in a couple of years you'll be so far
behind, it will be as though you were in the dark ages. Ask Adam to search
constantly through all the electronic papers and magazines, looking for both circuits
and devices that will keep improving what you've got. Ask him to get any relevant
data that he finds, into some form of order, and meet him yourself, at least once
a month, and go over it with him. If anything positive comes out, get him to talk to
me about it. After a few sessions, believe me, you'll start to get a good
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