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Lord Jonathan, Jon to his friends and in reality, Prince Jondarian of Kimora, had a problem.
His name was Crabtree, the civil engineer in charge of road maintenance.
Jon, as Minister for Transport, dealt almost daily with Crabtree. Crabtree was a fussy, neatly dressed man who attempted to hide his balding pate with long strands of black hair, combed from the side and greased into place by an oil that left a faint aroma of cloves behind him when he left the room.
In his favour, he was passionately devoted to his work, the maintenance of Carrador’s road system. He was clever, and when he put his mind to it, inventive in the ways he resolved problems.
On the downside, he often did not put his mind to these problems because he felt he should be given more resources to provide an easier
