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196 REVELATIONS consultation by a "woman sexologist." There are sessions of therapy for couples, Californian massage, Shiatsu, and the inevitable diets to make people thinner and more attractive. These are hardly the kinds of services that will appeal to the auto mechanics in Renault factories, the homeless folk who sleep every night under the bridges of Paris, or the starving populations of faraway Ethiopia. And in the lower right corner of the page, in a neatly bordered rectangle, we find the following text: The trustees charged with the estate of A. P. Teesdale, Esq. of Durham County in England are attempting to enter into contact with those responsible for organizations that may be able to meet the requirements of his will. The groups in question are "serious organizations that have as their goal the establishment of the maintenance of relationships with extra- terrestrial beings." Those concerned may bring their existence to the attention of the trustees by sending a brief summary of their organization and its activities to the paper, reference 1001, before March 31, 1988. Intrigued by the language of the advertisement, a French investiga- tor answered the query by providing some documents about his re- search. He soon received a telegram from London on March 31, 1988, entitled Teesdale Bequest. It indicated in good French that the can- didacy was duly noted and that a contact would be made "very soon." Nothing happened, however, until January 26,1989, when the inves- tigator was called by an Englishman who identified himself as Mr. Wensley, and who proposed an appointment in Paris on February 28. This phone call was followed, in very businesslike fashion, by a letter typed on the impressive stationery of Theard, Theard, Smith & Theard, 31 Sussex Mansions, London SW7, bearing the reference T.35.1/MB/ WL.89, and signed by M. Bates. It confirmed the appointment in Paris at the Intercontinental Hotel at 7:00 P.M.: "You will be kind enough to ask at the reception for Mr. Grapinet, who will greet you."