"Declarations by temporal transmission? Yes, of course. Routine transaction."
"Take any money I have and use it to pay off the Hexers. Will you do it?"
"I don't see why not, since our ancestor seems to approve."
Miss Tompkins regarded me solemnly. "What do you intend to do, William?"
"Banks are out," I said, thinking hard. "They don't let inactive accounts go on drawing interest more than twenty years, or something like that. But government bonds don't have to be converted when they mature. One bond can pile up a fantastic amount of interest for them to collect."
"You have government bonds, William?"
"Not yet."
Miss Tompkins stood close to me. "I have plenty of money, William. I'll give it to you. You can buy bonds in my name."
"No. I'll get my own money."
"Shall I destroy the machine, William? Of course they'll only open another Focus—"