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Agent O'Malley, meetChief Holt. Paige Price, who had somehow managed to procure a seat directly behindthe 48 Hours people, rose with pen and pad in hand, as if she mightactually take notes. Rehearsal had been declared officially over. I miss you, too, Daddy.

What about the big question? he asked. I have to go. I'm just a shepherd;my job is keeping the flock together and herding them in the rightdirection. The sublimity ofthese edifices; the solemn grandeur of the images enshrined there;the dazzling and exquisite art lavished on thei