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She had coainst Brada to someone who actually trusted her Never Never
And if she tried to object now, it’d be just the sa towhichexcuses for it She’d look guilty She’d look petty
She’d look like a child
‘Yes,’ she agreed, with a smile as pleasant as Bradalanced froain ‘Of course, this is the first time I’ve worked with Miss Winters,’ he said, a fraction too quickly ‘I was rather hoping we h regard for poetry My father and uncles always felt that it was very important for anyone who had any claienuinely interested ‘The epic poem, or shorter forms?’
The conversation shifted, much to Irene’s relief, into a debate on poetry that lasted forit Bradamant put in a word or two in favour of the Elizabethan styles, and fortunately there had been an Elizabeth on this alternate Vale had a fondness for Persian poets, though his pronunciation of their nah hi shorter than an epic poely, favoured classical Chinesenod to constructions like the sestina and villanelle
It took aherself Even if she wasn’t contributingpart in it She was speaking her e of opinion, she was
Aness that canition of an unwanted truth You are discussing a co the is it since you did that?
She looked around at her party’s various interested expressions and felt as if she had known them for years It was ridiculous, and yetit wasn’t unwelcome
The traffic outside had descended froress had slowed to a walking pace, with occasional jolts at the traffic lights
‘There isn’t any risk of us being overtaken, is there?’ Irene asked nervously
‘Very unlikely, h answered ‘For that, they would need to knohere we’re going, and there are far toofor the that I’ve been wondering about,’ Kai said ‘While I know that you have difference engines and calculating -distance communication device Now I – ’ He becalare ‘That is, hasn’t that sort of thing been investigated?’
Vale sighed ‘Another of your alternate-world advanced pieces of technology, Mr Strongrock? There has indeed been some research into the subject, but it proved simply too prone to demonic possession While there have been a few successes with various fors, on the whole the area cannot be said to reward investigation Certainly it would be unsafe to put such things in the hands of the round?’ Irene asked
Vale sniffed, and Singh looked disgusted ‘Fae ic,’ Vale said ‘Another reason why Liechtenstein has so heavy an influence on the zeppelin industry I believe they also e quantity of iron reduces the ic’s efficiency’
Irene nodded, and wished that some of this had been in the information pack which Dolected the subject: there had been plenty of material on the current non-Fae situation, but hardly any on the Fae the plans for world domination – since Fae always had plans for world domination (It was ht that she would be able to avoid Fae interference – though, given Wyndham’s involvement with Silver, that would scarcely have been possible Could soed to remove part of the information pack? And if so, how and when?
She also wished that she was sitting on Kai’s side of the cab so that she could kick his ankle without it being obvious Discussions along the lines of ‘so why haven’t you introduced this bit of technology in your alternate world’ rarely ell Often there were perfectly good reasons why it hadn’t been introduced, and you opened a whole can of wor And on the few occasions when it simply hadn’t been invented and you had indeed introduced the alternate to a whole new concept, you could end up with problems like cold fusion (Not that she’d been involved in that one, but stories had got around)
The cab jolted to a stop, and the driver leaned down to the opening ‘I’m sorry, sir, but I’m afraid as how traffic’s very bad today, it’ll be another ten minutes before I could reach the steps of the h you can see its wall there If it won’t be inconveniencing you, sir, yourself and your friendsit easier to walk frole" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true">