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. Also, she smiled a lot and she had pretty teeth.
Coral, on the other hand, was taller than either her father or sister,
slender, her hair a reddish brown. When she smiled it seemed less official.
Also, there was something vaguely familiar about her. I wondered whether I
had met her at some boring reception years before. If I had, though, I felt
I might have remembered.
After we had been introduced and wine had been poured, Orkuz made a
brief comment to Vialle about "recent distressing news" concerning Kashfa.
Llewella and I quickly moved to her side for moral support, but she simply
said that such matters would have to be dealt with fully upon Random's
return, and that for the moment she wished merely to see to their comfort.
He was completely agreeable to this, even to the point of smiling. I had the
impression he just wanted the purpose of his visit on the recorD
immediately. Llewella quickly fumed the conversation to the matter of his
journey, and he graciously allowed the subject to be changed. Politicians
are wonderfully programmed.
I learned later that the Begman ambassador wasn't even aware of his
arrival, which would seem to indicate that Orkuz had come so quickly he had
preceded any notification to their . embassy. And he hadn't even bothered
dropping in there, but had come straight to the palace and had a message
sent over
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