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The duke nodded, as if it did "Yes, well, we can’t all be froht side of the country Would I know your fa looked uncoair scandal She scrabbled for the right kind of faressive as a rule, mostly not in favor of the conservative referendued the question "Probably not, Your Grace"

That didn’t mollify him, since he had practically demanded an introduction He turned wrathful eyes on Sophronia "And you, little entry, Your Grace" She bowed "Mr Temminnick, at your service"

At that precise

The duke looked at his son "And what exactly is that?"

"One of the vampire drones We kept her for collateral," explained Felix, happy for a change of subject

"Is she always that noisy? See unco beyond her control She wandered over, with the pretext of checking on Dih deep in her faint

Sophronia pulled out her s salts

Dimity sneezed herself awake

"What?" she sputtered

"You fainted and Felix’s father, the duke, has turned up"

"Oh, dear," said Di, a scrape to the leg"

"Oh, good"

"But I think it is time we extracted ourselves"

Di you back to the train, with the pretext that you aren’t well Tell Soap he needs to charge the dirigible"

"What?"

"Oh, keep your voice down, do They won’t let us actually crash That ship must be full of some very valuable equipment Just tell him to head at it full throttle"

Dimity nodded and stood shakily

Sophronia helped her up, all solicitation She took Bu to confer credence, she wanted to keep hi back toward the locoy, his face welted fro none of it "Oh, no you don’t, young master!"

Dimity froze, then turned slowly back

"He needs to recuperate," objected Sophronia "I suggested he return to the train for a snifter"