Chapter 105

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"There are no—" He caught himself and transferred his attention to the dish that had been placed before him. "If this were Bretworld, I would say this was a slice of roast pork and that it was smothered in peanut sauce." "Actually, it is a vegetable dish, D.G. What you were about to say was that there are no Noras in the family." "There aren't," said D.G. calmly. "One explanation is that Jessie—the original Jessie—would have objected, but I don't accept that. Arthur's wife, the Ancestress, never came to Bretworld, you know, never left Earth. How could she have objected? No, to me, it's pretty certain that the Ancestor wanted no other Nora. No imitations, no copies, no pretense. One Nora. Unique. —He asked that there be no later Arthur, either." Nora was having trouble eating. "I think y

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