The Templeton Twins Make a Scene by Ellis Weiner

Author:Ellis Weiner [Ellis Weiner and Jeremy Holmes]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC
Published: 2013-11-23T05:00:00+00:00

he asked sharply. “Because I warn you: I will not be toyed with.” Before the Professor could reply, he added, “And neither will Miss Splendide. Isn’t that right, Madame President of Everything?”

“Why, yes, it is,” Gwendolyn Splendide said.

“Of course,” the Professor said. “That is why I owe you an apology, Mister Dean.”

“How dare y—” Dean D. Dean started in surprise. “What? You owe me an apology?”

“Yes,” the Professor said. “You said you’ve been working very closely with me on the development of the close-up lens, didn’t you?”

Warily, Dean D. Dean said, “Yes . . .”

“And Miss Splendide, you believe that Mister Dean should be allowed to share in ownership of the device based on how much he has worked on it?”

“Based on his obvious familiarity with the project, yes, Professor,” she said.

“I couldn’t agree more,” the Professor said. “Mister Dean, I trust you have another copy of that agreement I so rudely tore up the other day?”

Dean D. Dean pulled a document from his inside jacket pocket and handed it to the Professor. “Don’t get clever. I have five more.”

“Believe me, Mister Dean, I couldn’t get clever if I tried.” The Professor plucked out a pen from his own pocket, clicked it, and turned to the document’s last page. He was just about to sign it when he gave a little smile, looked up, and said, “Oh. One thing. Before I forget . . .” He put the document and the pen down on the stage and picked up the first few pages from the stack that Abigail had carried in. Holding them up before Dean D. Dean’s face, he said, “Look at this. The graph of magnification as a function of light intensity.” He pointed to the paper and continued, “This little blip here—any idea where it came from?”

“Eh?” Dean D. Dean stared at the page and muttered, “Uh . . .”

“Because look at the value at thirty thousand lumens. What do you see?”

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