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The elderly woman bobbed down behind the counter and popped back up with an armload of magazines and newspapers . `` Just happened to have some free time last thing yesterday . It 's already charged out to you , so you just go right ahead and take it , dearie . '' * * * * * It was 8:30 when Lucilla reached the office . `` When I need you , where are you ? '' G.G. asked sourly . `` Learned last night that the top dog at Karry Karton Korporation is in town today , so they 've pushed that conference up from Friday to ten this morning .