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QUEBEC CAUGHT IN FLYING WHOREHOUSE "

"I'hed "You will be after the elections"

"They're sixcan happen between now and then"

"The polls say you're a shoo-in"

"What does Charles say?"

"He never mentions you anymore"

Villon sat down on the bed and trailed his fingers lightly across her belly "Now that Parliament has handed him a vote of no confidence, his power has evaporated Why don't you leave his would be simpler for us"

"Better I reer There is much I can still learn of importance to Quebec"

"While we're on the subject, there is so that concerns me"

She began to squirm "What is it?"

"The President of the United States is speaking to Parliament next week I'd like to knohat he intends to say Have you heard anything?"

She took his hand andto worry about He said the President was going to make a plea for an orderly transition of Quebec independence"

"I knew it," Villon said, s in"

Danielle began to lose control and reached out for him

"I hope you filled the fuel tanks before we left Ottawa," she murmured in a slurred voice