Also, the basement is off-limits.” “Why,” I asked, “is the basement off-limits?” “Because that’s where we hide the dead aliens and the Nazi scientists.” He laughed again. I love being the straight man for a fat Ph.D. with a Dr. Strangelove accent. Really. More to the point, I knew that Stevens had indeed spoken to Zollner. I would have liked to have been a tsetse fly on that wall. Mr. Foster attempted humor and said, “I thought the aliens and the Nazis were in the underground bunkers.” “No, the dead aliens are in the lighthouse,” Zollner said. “We moved the Nazis out of the bunkers when they
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