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Show XXXIX "A fall from a position of admiration and power is a fall of the utmost degree." from The Memoirs of Dr'Igor Grant-Sheblem Belinda was gone. Dr'Igor noticed it first, he noticed that the aircar that t h e y ' d come to Westwick in many months before-before the Mechanism was full operable-was gone from the shed. After the confusion injected by Rollanda's aborted rescue of the Provincials, the question of who was prisoner and who was victorious had become moot points, and there was an unspoken agreement among the gathering that all folk were free to come or go as they pleased, Provincial and Commendium. And Belinda, evidently, was pleased to leave the HighTartars. "The t r a i t o r commandeered the aircar as soon as the power came back fully," said Dr'Igor disgustedly to Phrapp. "Now she will be scheming to take over the Network herself!" "Thou sayest indeed? A member of the Yeofolk?" Phrapp shook his head in wonder. 348 |
