Those Above: the Empty Throne book 1
“In return, she had been granted the rank of ‘Revered Mother’, an annual stipend of two hundred solidus – she only had to live another thirty-five years to break even – and the right to be present at the selection of her male counterpart. This meant as a side benefit that Eudokia, alone among the women of the Commonwealth, was allowed entrance into the Senate Hall, those hallowed corridors in which the policy of the nation was theoretically hammered out.
As it turned out, the Hall’s facade, whic...h she could view any day of her life and had on many, was far and away the most impressive thing about the building. The inside itself was draughty, strangely designed and not nearly as clean as she imagined it ought to be. Built some three hundred years prior, it was designed in imitation of the Conclave, the centrepiece of the Roost. Eudokia had never been to the Roost, so she could not say with absolute certainty, but she suspected that it was a very poor copy indeed. Or perhaps the Others’ reputation for engineering was, like so many other things in these sad days, no more than myth.MoreLess
As it turned out, the Hall’s facade, whic...h she could view any day of her life and had on many, was far and away the most impressive thing about the building. The inside itself was draughty, strangely designed and not nearly as clean as she imagined it ought to be. Built some three hundred years prior, it was designed in imitation of the Conclave, the centrepiece of the Roost. Eudokia had never been to the Roost, so she could not say with absolute certainty, but she suspected that it was a very poor copy indeed. Or perhaps the Others’ reputation for engineering was, like so many other things in these sad days, no more than myth.MoreLess
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