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Murfree had a very bad conscience. Now, when his wife had set her heart upon a vacation at the seashore with their little daughter -- Washington is an oven in the summer -- he had joined the ranks of the unemployed. But Murfree knew that he had to hunt for Bud Gregory. He had to!
"Somebody's got to do it," he told his wife defensively. "And after all, I'm the only person he'll work with."