<Due to some confusion on my part, I encapsulated the episode. Disregard it 
completely!>

<Sloan then goes to his bed room, picks up the phone and dials the Head 
Engineer of Heathrow Airport> ..."Hello, Johnson? Mr. Sloan speaking" "Mr. 
Sloan, good to hear from you again, sir!"... "Is my plane in good flying 
order?"Sloan said..."Better than ever, sir! The motor is running more 
smoothly than ever because I 
put in premium oil instead of regular and I reinforced the plane's outer 
layer with a metal alloy which the metallurgist vouchsafed as more than safe 
"Johnson said. <And with that, he hung up the receiver and went to bed, with 
the knowledge of the odious task that he had to perform once he arrived at SF 
weighing on his soul.

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