Intruder
“And, imminently, the matter of Cajeiri.
“One is not certain that the young gentleman will have advised his parents of his intentions, Haru-ji, or that he will be able to exit his parents’ apartment,” Bren said to Koharu, while dressing with the intent that Koharu should advise their very young and extremely earnest cook that their guest might not make it. “But it is likely he will. —Has any mail arrived this morning?”
“Not yet, nandi,” Koharu said, adjusting the fit of his coat. Koharu had hard...ly gotten that out when, some distance across the apartment, the front door opened, and Supani, on duty for visitors, was heard to say, “Welcome, young gentleman. May one show you to the dining room?”
Well, that answered the question whether Cajeiri had gotten out of Tabini’s apartment.
It didn’t answer whether he had done it entirely aboveboard.
So the breakfast appointment was at hand.
The meeting with Tabini was equally certain for midmorning.
And the response of Lord Tatiseigi to the gift and the supper invitation was still in question.MoreLess
“One is not certain that the young gentleman will have advised his parents of his intentions, Haru-ji, or that he will be able to exit his parents’ apartment,” Bren said to Koharu, while dressing with the intent that Koharu should advise their very young and extremely earnest cook that their guest might not make it. “But it is likely he will. —Has any mail arrived this morning?”
“Not yet, nandi,” Koharu said, adjusting the fit of his coat. Koharu had hard...ly gotten that out when, some distance across the apartment, the front door opened, and Supani, on duty for visitors, was heard to say, “Welcome, young gentleman. May one show you to the dining room?”
Well, that answered the question whether Cajeiri had gotten out of Tabini’s apartment.
It didn’t answer whether he had done it entirely aboveboard.
So the breakfast appointment was at hand.
The meeting with Tabini was equally certain for midmorning.
And the response of Lord Tatiseigi to the gift and the supper invitation was still in question.MoreLess
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