INTERLUDE 4
(1941 CE)A square window with metal grating allowed just enough sunlight to make the conference room uncomfortably warm. The Leyrians, Antaurans and Ragnosians had all learned to control the temperature of their dwellings and workplaces, but it seemed that Earth was lagging behind on that score.
He was George S. White now: a tall and broad-shouldered man with a square jaw and short, brown hair. A man of some means who had turned a modest inheritance into a sizable fortune through skillful investment in the New York Stock Market.
It was such a plebeian name, George. That he shared it with the man who currently sat on the throne – his throne! - did little to reduce his dislike of it. He had been Dravis, Vindronic and Gaozu of Han! Names that had commanded respect from his enem
