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Hervey showed up at 1003, grinning broadly. He unfolded a thick wad of documents and thrust them at Walton.
"I hold in my hand the world's most potent telefax sheet," Hervey said. He flipped the documents casually onto Walton's desk and laughed. "They're all yours. Fifty-one percent, every bit of it voting stock. I told Murlin about it just before I left him this morning. He turned purple."