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"Yeah,
man, he says we had better stay on this side of the
river."
"Well
I can tell you, Tom, I'm going to do just that. This
weekend I'm going to turn a weekend trip through Wisconsin,
starting in Appleton. I'm going to take my whole crew. That
will blow the bastard's mind. You see the way I feel, Tom, is
that I'm going to do anything I want, if they don't like it,
the
hell with them. That's they're tough luck"." It'll be good man;
we'll
write a hell of a lot of deals"." YOU could bring your crew
if you like."
"Maybe
I'll go to Madison, then we could meet somewhere in
between."
"Good
morning, how's everything, Mr. Ripley?"
"Very well. Do you have the structures on how the class
will be divided?"
"Yes,
sir, here it is." Ripley said, passing the list with
his short arm that went with the rest of this five-foot-five
structure. His curly brown hair dropped over his face. "O.K.,
Mr. Ripley, if you would ask everyone on this list to come to
my
office, I would like to talk to them when you break for lunch."
When the group entered, Kristal gave a smile to Julie trying
not
to look too obvious. Then he began by telling everyone, "We're
going on a weekend trip, to see how well you are doing with
the
training class. This gives you the opportunity to see personally
how our people operate in the field. Each of you will be
assigned to an experienced field researcher. All the expenses
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