He loathed having to let a halfbreed win, but it was not the boy's fault he was up against an imbecile, for her body-bind spell rebounded on herself. (At this point Miss Tatting might as well have been a pile of goo on the floor. The goo would have been more useful.)

Phineas released her from the bind, letting her stand up to face her humiliation.

"Mr. Mohr wins. Evidently."

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