Bruce read them aloud in a strange, dry voice. Then he burst out into a horrid, cackling, mad sort of laugh.
"That's done it!" he cried. "No money, and this nightmare of a day for ever!" His voice rose to a scream. "I'm damned if I do!" he yelled.
Thrusting his hand into his pocket, he pulled out the Nadir Bandar.
"I wish," he sobbed, "that I'd never had a wish at all!"