5 A Difficult Task SHARP ON THE DOT OF THREE, Bob walked into the reception area of the governor’s office and was shown in to see Sir Philip by his secretary, Jessica. Once Bob was seated the governor explained why he had asked him to come to his office. “You know Independence Day for Opunto has been set for the fifteenth of this month. HM’s Government in Whitehall wants us to host a formal informal dinner for the President Elect of Opunto a week before Independence Day. That’s a Wednesday, the eighth. With all that’s been going on both here and in Opunto over the past few weeks, we haven’t had the time or the opportunity to recruit a Social Secretary for this office. And, in any case, our budget is already stretched with the organization of a new office here in Mazita. It occurred to m

