God forbid? I don’t think so. I can think of nothing more useful . “Then his faithful council will act in his stead. Good morning, my lord. We will meet again in council chambers in due course.”
This time, an unambiguous dismissal. Like the ambassadors Dester had no choice but to bow and withdraw. Marlan returned to the audience chamber’s leadlight window and rested his satisfied gaze once more on the harbour, and the ships, and the crowded docks and piers.
So matters progress as I would have them progress. Were I in truth a superstitious fool, a man of faith, I might think God and I shared the same ambitions.
But there is no God. There is only me. In the end, it’s all one and the same.
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