A Most Unusual Artifact (7)

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McGinty smiled back obligingly.  He remained silent.

The executive cleared his throat.  "Well. What is it that brings you here today?"

"My product."  said McGinty.  "It works."  He disregarded the other man's stare.

"Tell me, Mr Geiger," he asked, "shouldn't the fact that we're having this conversation tell you something?  Do you think I could be here talking with you, if a lot of people hadn't been extraordinarily nice to me?"

The executive seemed to be attempting to formulate an answer.  McGinty charged ahead with his point.

"You don't have to be all the way convinced at this point.  All you have to be is curious enough to tell somebody to check this out."

He placed the sprayer decisively on the other man's desk.

"Demand," McGinty said.  "Think of the demand.  You could make more money off this than you could from all your other products combined."

The executive paused.

"Well, I, mmm, have to commend you on your initiative.”

McGinty wondered from the sound of the other man's speech what kind of voice or even drama lessons he had had.  Somehow from the ring in his voice, it seemed as if he had said something of vast significance.

"Good presentation, too.  I wish all of our salesmen did as well."

McGinty nodded, accepting the compliment warily.

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