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My client wasn't in, but the door to her office was open. In sur- veying it I noticed a five-by-seven photograph of an older couple outside an expensive adobe home. A second photo showed my client and some other women on a rafting trip. A small plaque on the wall to my right thanked her for five years of dedicated service to a local women's shelter. The "Fish Without a Bicycle" poster was still there, but so far she hadn't struck me as a militant femi- nist. Lipstick and nail polish were usually a good sign in that regard. “Mr. Keane?" I turned around. The Kathleen Turner compari- son continued to work because she was about five-eight and had more curves than Jessica Rabbit. The kind of body my former partner Matt Simms loves-like the buxom movie stars of the 1940s. She was in her early twenties. She had intentionally frizzed her long auburn hair, but on her it looked good. Full lips, green eyes, no makeup. She wore tan hiking shorts, a man's blue oxford- cloth with the sleeves rolled up, and leather sandals. Her wide smile oozed optimism and her erect posture projected confidence. "You must be Mary Pat?" "Mary Pat McCormick," she said as she extended her hand. Above her shirt pocket was a button urging others to keep abor- tion safe and legal. Another Catholic girl gone bad. "Pepper Keane." Her handshake was enthusiastic, like that of a young woman concluding an interview for her first real job. "Professor Smyers is still in class, but I have the articles right here." She retrieved a stack of papers from my client's desk and handed it to me. Held together by a large binder clip, it was a good two inches thick. "That's every paper they ever published." "Fantastic," I said. "How'd you get them so quickly?" "Just plugged their names into MathSciNet," she said, smiling. "Works every time." "MathSciNet?" "It's the standard search engine for mathematical works."