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. "I don't know. But she was alive the last
time I saw her. You see, she claimed Oberon was her father, and then she
proceeded to walk the Pattern. When she'd finished, she had it transport her
somewhere. Now, her sister-who is aware that we went off together-is
concerned. She was pestering me through dinner as to where Coral might be."
"What did you tell her?"
"I told her that I'd left her sister enjoying some, of the beauties of
the palace and that she might be a bit late to dinner. As things wore on,
though, she seemed to grow more concerned and made me promise to search for
her tonight if she didn't turn up. I didn't want to talk about what had
really happened because I didn't want to go into the business of Coral's
parentage."
"Understandable." she replied. "Oh, my."
I waited, but she said nothing more. I continued to wait.
Finally, "I was not aware of the late king's affair in Begma," she
said, "so it is difficult to assess the impact of this revelation. Did Coral
give you any indication as to how long she intended to stay away? And for
that matter, did you provide her with any means of return?"
"I gave her my Trump," I said, "but she hasn't been in touch. I got the
impression she didn't intend to be away for too long, though."
"This could be serious," Vialle decided, "for reasons other than the
obvious
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