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“Not a day goes by when I don’t miss her,” said Emma

“And I only wish I had known her better,” said Sam

“I took for granted,” said Seb, “that I would die beforesilence followed, before Seb, clearly wanting to change the subject, asked, “So on’t be visiting any nightclubs?”

“No time for such frivolity,” said Saot us a couple of tickets for the theatre”

“What are you going to see?” asked Emma

“Hello, Dolly!”

“And that’s not frivolous?” said Harry

“Dad considers Wagner’s Ring Cycle a tad too trendy,” explained Seb before asking, “Where’s Uncle Giles?”

“He was a the first to leave the ship,” said Emma, as a waiter poured her a second cup of coffee “Our ambassador whisked hio over his speech before the afternoon session”

“Perhaps we should try and fit the UN in as well?” suggested Sam

“I don’t think so,” replied Seb “The last time I attended one of my uncle’s speeches, he had a heart attack shortly afterward and failed to become the leader of the Labour Party”

“That’s so you haven’t mentioned before!”

“There’s still a lot you don’t know about our family,” Seb admitted

“Which reratulate you on being elected to the board”

“Thank you, Dad And now that I’ve read the , I can’t wait”—Seb looked up to see an anxious look on his mother’s face—“to meet my fellow board members, especially the admiral”