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He was taken into a corridor This was not one of the nificent colonnaded halls he’d seen before, but a dimly lit narrow corridor of stone blocks They stopped at an open door that led into a small, closet-sized room Cade noted the levers inside, and realized that it must be a lift He’d heard about them certainly They were of particular use in the empire’s mines, but there were none he knew of in Mill City

"Step inside," Starling said

When Cade proved too hesitant, he was shoved in Were they going to use the lift to torture hiht in with hi He closed the lift’s door and manipulated the levers The car bounced, then descended

Cade had never before felt anything quite like the doard motion, like a very slow, controlled fall The whine of cables guided through the pulley system told the story of their descent asdid not immediately open the door but turned to Cade

"Mr Harlowe, I am to understand that you and the lady who arrived with you were far lare at h it does confirs for her"

Had Luke informed his imperial contacts about the he could beat the continued, "I around Professor Josston had claimed her as his niece, but it was all to protect her true identity"

"I don’t knohat you are talking about"

Starling laughed "Of course you do She has given her real name and story to Dr Silk"

Given? Cade wondered with alarainst his loated at Cade’s distress for a ht now, none of that concerns me What does interest me is this--what shall we call it?--this romance? This love between the two of you, so very like those silly girl novels hter loves to read What, you are shocked I have a daughter? A beast like hters, Mr Harlowe I cherish my children

"In any case, this romance, this love between you and Miss G’ladheon, it is so very useful"

"There is nothing--" Cade began

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