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She hoped it would come to a decent part of the vairstone's costAs for d'Eymon, she would probably end up talking directly to him later in the weekOr as directly as discussions ever got with that man
Sipping at her khav she moved onPeople came up to her wherever she wentIt was bad politics in Brandin's court not to be on good terms with Dianora di CertandoConversing absently and inconsequentially she kept an ear pitched for the discreet raps of the Herald's staff that would be Brandin's sole announcementRhun, she noted, was making faces at himself in one of the mirrors and laughing at the effectHe was in high humor, which was a good signTurning the other way she suddenly noticed a face she likedOne that was undeniably central to her own history
In could be said, in many ways, to have been the Governor's own faultSo anxious was he to assuage the evident frustration of Rhamanus, captain of that year's Tribute Ship, that he ordered the Certandan serving-girl, who had apologized so very charmingly after the spilled-wine incident some time ago, to bring rather more of The Queen's best vintages than were entirely good for any of them at the table
Rhamanus, young enough to still be ambitious, old enough to feel his chances slipping away, had made some pointedly acid remarks earlier in the day on board the |
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