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. My bride."
"No obstacle; Hazel and I are pals. Years and years. She'll make you do it.
If I decide to use you. I'm not certain about you, Dickie boy; you veer."
"'Dickie boy,' huh? Do you know my Uncle Jock? Jock Campbell?"
"The Silver Fox. Do I know Uncle Jock! We won't invite him, Dickie; he
would claim jus primae noctis."
"Have to invite him. Mistress Teena; he's my closest relative. All right,
I'll stand up as bridegroom and Uncle Jock will take care of deflowering the
bride. Wrap it up."
"Minerva?"
"Colonel Richard, I do not think that Athene should do this. I have known
Dr. Jock Campbell for many years, and he has known me. If Athene insists on this
silly thing, I do not think she should give herself first to Dr. Campbell. A
year or two later, when she knows-" Minerva shrugged. "They are free persons."
Teena can work it out with Hazel and Jock; it wasn't my idea. When does
this crime take place?"
"Almost at once; Athene's clone is almost matured. About three of your
years."
"Oh. I thought we were talking about next week. I'll stop worrying; the
horse might learn to sing."
"What horse?"
"A nightmare. Now about those waffles. Mistress Minerva, will you join me
in waffles? I can't stand to have you standing there salivating and swallowing
and starving while I wallow in waffles."
"I have already broken fast today-"
"Too bad
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