The Marmalade Files (2012)
“He felt like a Soviet general at Stalingrad, hoping to survive the latest setback in a long siege.
He had assembled his best war Cabinet to map out a strategy on what he called the Bailey Affair.
In the room were the convenor of the Victorian Right, Brendan Ryan; his NSW counterpart, Sam Buharia; National Secretary, Alistair Cook; and constitutional wizard Dr Sarah Franklin.
Franklin was there because Bailey’s staunch refusal to die meant that they were now in uncharted waters. The Foreign Minister had been in a coma for several weeks now and while she thankfully hadn’t woken up, she also didn’t appear to be going away.
‘Sarah, how long do we have to wait before we can declare Bailey’s seat vacant?’ Papadakis asked.
‘That depends,’ replied Franklin.
‘On what?’ ‘On the question.’ Franklin loved knowing more than anyone else and Papadakis feared this was going to take a long time.
‘Sarah, assume for a moment that I don’t really care about the health of the member in question and might, ...if I let my dark side dominate, be wishing her a swift and not entirely pain-free death.MoreLess
He had assembled his best war Cabinet to map out a strategy on what he called the Bailey Affair.
In the room were the convenor of the Victorian Right, Brendan Ryan; his NSW counterpart, Sam Buharia; National Secretary, Alistair Cook; and constitutional wizard Dr Sarah Franklin.
Franklin was there because Bailey’s staunch refusal to die meant that they were now in uncharted waters. The Foreign Minister had been in a coma for several weeks now and while she thankfully hadn’t woken up, she also didn’t appear to be going away.
‘Sarah, how long do we have to wait before we can declare Bailey’s seat vacant?’ Papadakis asked.
‘That depends,’ replied Franklin.
‘On what?’ ‘On the question.’ Franklin loved knowing more than anyone else and Papadakis feared this was going to take a long time.
‘Sarah, assume for a moment that I don’t really care about the health of the member in question and might, ...if I let my dark side dominate, be wishing her a swift and not entirely pain-free death.MoreLess
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