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. I also learned later that Llewella had tried to get
hold of Flora at the last minute to sit in Coral's place, but Flora wasn't
taking any calls.
As it was, Vialle, at the head, had Llewella seated to her right and
Orkuz to her left, with Gerard, Dretha, and Bill below Llewella, and Ferla,
Martin, Cade, and Nayda below Orkuz. I found myself escorting Nayda to the
table and seating her to my right, while Bill settled himself at my left.
"Fuss, fuss, fuss," Bill muttered softly, and I nodded; then introduced
him to Nayda as counsel to the House of Amber. She looked impressed and
asked him about his work. He proceeded to charm her with a story about once
having represented the interests of a dog in an estate, settlement, which
had nothing to do with Amber but was a good story. Got her to laughing a
bit, and also Cade, who was listening in.
The first course was served and the musicians began playing again,
softly, which shortened the distance our voices carried and reduced
conversation to a more intimate level. At this, Bill signaled he had
something he wanted to tell me, but Nayda had beaten him by a second or two
and I was already listening to her.
"About Coral," she said softly. "Are you sure she's all right? She
wasn't feeling ill when you parted-of anything like that-was she?"
"No," I answered. "She seemed healthy enough
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