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power, if and when needed, but would have no outward signs of the potentially destructive apparatus.  For normal use, the mounting mechanisms would be completely removed and the standard pontoon exterior would be replaced.
    Linguistic specialist Mario Ianozzi raised his hand requesting to be the first at testing the system.  Ezra glanced over, with curiosity, at the senior Partner, and Chip nodded his approval.
    A meeting was scheduled between Brad, Ezra and Max for setting up the budget outline for the retrofitting project.
    The meeting was adjourned and the Partners went to their respective offices to catch up on business while awaiting the last item on the meeting agenda, which was lunch.  Back in his office, Max called Maggie on his cell phone.
    “Hey, Mr. Mystery Man,” she answered, “how goes the old grind?”
    “I’ll call you after work to fill you in. You probably won’t believe it, though,” he said.

Chapter 6
    On Thursday following the meeting in the briefing room Chip sent an office memo and asked Max by to stop by his office.  Chip didn’t mention a reason for the meeting and Max complied with an open mind.
    Chip welcomed Max when he arrived at 3:30 PM and offered him a chair, a cigar and a snifter of imported Hungarian brandy.  Max accepted the offer of the seat, passed on the cigar and took him up on the imported brandy.  Chip got right to the point of his request.
    “I need you to look into a potential acquisition for the Partnership.  It’s a commercial marine laboratory in Nova Scotia.  Your predecessor, Ernie, inherited it from family just prior to the accident.  It meant a lot to Ernie but his widow wants to divest herself of any connection with the operation.  We need to find out what the property and business is worth to make an informed decision on making her a fair offer.”
    “Is this an immediate matter?” Max queried.
    “I heard from Mahlah Bickford last night and she seemed anxious, for some reason, to move on it now.  Are you tied down with anything serious, or can you go this weekend?” Chip wanted to know.  “You can take your lady friend on a nice autumn holiday if you’d like.  It’s located on an island so you can take the DHC Beaver and get there in an hour and a half.”
    “I can do it right away,” Max replied. “I’ll have to check with Maggie, but if she can’t manage it I’ll go solo. Time is important.” This was the first time he had been made aware of the first name of Ernest Bickford’s widow. He made a note.
    “Good, I’ll have Brad set up the Beaver.  Have you checked out in it yet? Chip asked.
    “Not yet, but I can do a run-through with him tomorrow morning to pick up on any quirks it may have,”  Max said.
    With the agreement, Chip and Max went over the checklist of factors needed to make decisions on an acquisition.  Chip filled Max in on whatever he knew regarding transactions in Nova Scotia and bid him good luck on the journey.  They parted ways after Brad had agreed to meet with Max the following morning at the boat house.
    Once Max got back to his apartment and checked his wardrobe a quick trip into Ithaca to buy a couple of wool shirts was on his agenda.  First he needed to reach Maggie to determine if he would be picking her up or flying straight to his destination from Black Bottom Lake.  After 3 beeps Maggie answered.
    “Can I call you right back, Max?” she asked.  Max agreed and said he would be on his way into Ithaca.  He suggested that if the satellite didn’t connect right away he would try her again when he got back.
    On the way back to his apartment Max was ‘airing –out’ his Audi Quatro A6, (his term for pedal-to-the-metal driving) on a straight stretch of the narrow two lane road when Maggie called him back.  After slowing down to 55mph he answered the call.
    “Hey good-lookin’, what’s cookin?’ he said using a hackneyed old quip.
    “What am I doing? You called me. Are you over-doing the