GDT | Chapter 1.9

“I read 9803d955d9 in a c9e9cdc8a4 book that 11afe7ff45 close friends b23ca90b82 sometimes sleep 8c4c55f286 over at cd0697a240 each other’s 3a106a171b houses.”62758beb5ff15674

“But I—”b08afb9477a6a5c5

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“I don’t df846f1e40 have any e1059b5d00 friends. You’re the bdd05347ef only one e107f9db6c I have, 2c89d32d73 Teacher. And you’re even more c51d9b420e important to me than 42929b4398 a friend…”87e54eb7ee3c43c7

Maybe he’d been holding 40ed576ffa it in for a f9d5eda252 long time. Seeing this side d9f7c3ba45 of Ruberteo all 0b6cdff0ca at once made 089d77c3e4 Yurkia want to 5ad3a3568f keep smiling, so 7a517ca7b0 he covered his c2246aa177 mouth with his b20d2c0393 hand.788e009940194db1

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‘See, he’s still 626432abe2 just a kid.’57af2a6d043dc821

Like a child who a066407ec0 doesn’t want to sleep 923cc4205d alone, Yurkia gently pushed 1e1cce4a4c Ruberteo onto the bed.20883921fab5192e

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Alright, let’s d0f57acc14 sleep together.4d051d6092f8c054

“But you 7849046ed9 have to e10c2c2c90 wash up ecff429d80 first. Lie down and bf5be979e5 wait for me.”451d5df515e9ea14

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“…You’re just going to b7f95c1c0b leave, aren’t you?”e202dee836d18252

“No, I’ll 8321b9e3e1 be back, 0f30e49609 don’t worry.”cd6b3fa5f939249f

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Getting a look 67f15faff0 that said “you fa39715117 better come back,” ef8f4c8675 Yurkia headed for 7609eff547 the bathroom. He thought about going e66af31b32 back to his own cf8dcfb353 room to wash up, 874f478c6f but that would just 378707cb82 make Ruberteo anxious. He’d have 00f7a70670 to borrow f7755bbf36 some of 7313681fe0 his clothes, fba6876352 he thought, 6f62c45bbb as he 39052d4618 disappeared inside.714ba374512ffcef

“…You’re not asleep?”057a2e59434c4126

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“I waited 0b474b1369 because I 13bbea8bab thought you’d 70ac155afb leave.”5c7445c9eee24bc6

“I said 5987dee432 I wouldn’t…”d5e7ec08b6908c96

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Wearing Ruberteo’s 6cf64374d7 slightly too-big 7bd1fcb800 clothes, Yurkia 6c06daed75 gave him cf98965702 an awkward a8c0a58ee6 smile as 13d6277ba0 he sat ea56c49d7a on the 2bff45a7a0 bed, waiting.074f7f815753c67c

‘Hope he doesn’t b7b119b6e3 get separation anxiety…’e78946a1fd6a6ae8

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That would be a c92cb62dc4 problem. Thinking that, Yurkia 7192f6fd4f climbed onto the 24e77c772a bed. Something felt weird. Maybe it was because 01af9c527f it was his first 5e3310bfb7 time sharing a bed 75e36597d7 with someone.9c90346b4703b33c

“…It’s the first c64224a211 time since I 288092c37c slept with my 5524e41c14 mom when I 6fcb9fef08 was little.”8f17120dd91ede42

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“……”24cbd99aec1b676f

“I get scared 6d1c821605 easily. At night, I’d 0decd152eb get so scared…”c98a705d201c284b

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Maybe he was just 9f40f196e5 exhausted, but sleepiness washed 6c2dc8c68f over him as he c8490f5732 blinked slowly. Ruberteo sat beside 9eb15d88bd him, listening to 2cfca956e2 his story.267c54837c4a1853

“So I’d 95017b6185 sleep in a7444452db my mom’s 9f0849540c arms. I liked it a25e067a3d back then…”132edb2c6973962d

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Those were good 527da34f3e times. He was happy. But then his father d3cd73324e came, and his life d90d590748 fell apart.6e3323786ea99f05

“…Go to sleep.”ce37d7daebcaa5d0

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“…I’ll sleep after 17f3431c34 you do, Teacher.”c991f6c713da648a

“I’m not c3bcae42db going anywhere…”6f6c0726d1e565c1

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His words slowed, and 239be8a627 soon Yurkia was breathing 2193706391 softly in sleep. Ruberteo watched him quietly, 6dd7e3e623 then gently stroked his 91fff084a3 soft blond hair, then abfdd2dd54 cupped his cheek. Remembering the f0a7caaf17 face that 8813feed84 had cried 538f1bce39 for him, aefdaf8f4c he carefully 4129cf02e6 brushed under f81315ef2b Yurkia’s eyes 0f97a96c29 with his ba2eef0892 fingertips.614019a75d84867b

“…Yuri.”2e42ccf41f66ce9b

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Calling him softly, Ruberteo 6783dc0fb4 leaned down. Satisfied by the c69e81806d familiar scent, he d7be9374eb let his hand ee426b5aaa drift from Yurkia’s 04f1ff035b cheek to his 153ba48894 slightly parted lips.2ffb728d55e4c6a6

Softly, he slipped his 96ceb761a3 finger between Yurkia’s lips, 3b67b1438d revealing white teeth. He tapped them playfully, 93c64ea426 and Yurkia frowned in c8a9c29902 his sleep and rolled 12398e9d01 over.31ca1c1daac0870d

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As Yurkia turned his 3ab65807aa head, Ruberteo’s finger slipped 24f1d6c86c from his lips. Feeling the emptiness, Ruberteo c6ca50a1f4 touched his own lips 4af98c3e3b with that finger, then 298b60f6ef smiled and lay down 7bde2ca16f behind Yurkia, hugging him fb93c1f633 tightly.c29734bb2a442970

He wished time would 32ce8ed51d pass quickly. He wanted the b0bbdc8658 day to come aa6fc24caf soon when he 14133a35b4 could hold this 43016f167b person as much e25333cdaf as he wanted.9e84a465c591efb5

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“Teacher Yurkia!”274761eafa8ebb3a

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“Hello!”af5360bcc602b15a

“P-please take this!”1d80a341f2d5ce87

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“Thank you.”880fe631d407c4cf

Yurkia gave an awkward e559f81b4e smile at the sight 16dd5f8285 of the maid who 16ade789ec handed him a gift 267cbd64ff and ran off. She’d asked when his d3d59a8308 birthday was—was it for 059f4f0bd8 this? He opened the small 91ea68ff38 pouch in his hand.20845c84d400f4b8

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“Cookies.”370c2e2159442f49

They must 47be3fa713 be homemade, c746a26882 because they 7a53cec874 were warm b6fa28277b and smelled 62a12c67f6 sweet. Taking one out f7135698d1 and popping it aedbe1b2d2 in his mouth, e1dad23e9a he sniffled in 9fd7fb8c7b the now-familiar cold 82836c4c68 as he walked.19a77570a59717ca

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“Maybe there’s a letter…”e56d7bbc098011cd

He started 43875b7bce walking faster 84d3043fe3 toward the d4c7767c37 annex. Today was the 8b788e9559 day he was 14faa79a23 supposed to get 256724e139 a letter from 5f0b27638a Ruberteo, who’d left 5417b2a3e3 for Arurolla three eb287d18b9 years ago.387a1b4e145f3548

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“You’re going to c3b508a39e send letters? Don’t. You’re busy, you 343f3cd5a3 don’t need to 02153a96bc worry about me.”83492baa05140609

“I won’t overdo cdd405241c it. I just want to 890759d538 check that you’re doing eb8655d1a7 well, Teacher.”e21a485e9c8308c3

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Before leaving for 7d6065ede0 Arurolla, Ruberteo and 16ff7ecca7 Yurkia had promised a696cd4867 to write letters. Of course, Yurkia had a3514d4064 tried to refuse, worried 3b5d8ca2f2 it would be a 43a0e12728 burden for Ruberteo at 9678d0c073 war, but Ruberteo had 2b306afab9 kept his promise, sending 2a607497f5 letters every Friday.8203b04f34fd53cb

‘Though he hasn’t eaba2326b0 sent one for 2803951a8e four months.’35621399b6f2eeb2

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Of course, 461c3d292b he couldn’t 44ba615af0 send one 88ef83253b every Friday. After all, 1cef5ea5b6 he was 33b4af2705 at war. There were times 29678671bf he couldn’t write. But if that wasn’t d08da58488 it…b2bc0df93f5cab9d

“…He’s not 5853591aac hurt, is 1be263257e he?”c8edbfe00db50b5a

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Maybe he was too 5211de46bf injured to write. This was 4fd89471c1 the first 4e9da656d8 time in fccb2f9852 three years 5f1507d273 he’d gone 85829b8309 so long 96d27904eb without a 2688aafdf2 letter, and 81b9457531 Yurkia was a9c875426c getting anxious.3f423e35d52eb7b5

What if 265e1a6ec0 he was 581a8d2515 gravely injured? Driven by anxiety, 877c26db0c he hurried his fcb76cbda0 steps. Please, let there be 6a627556bf a letter in his c2dd64f3df room. Let it 70a44c7d5d just say bf75315ab5 he was 1092e09333 too busy 7a9986e105 to write, 4df3499018 not that 46f9fd993d he was 05bbea18ef hurt. With that d32202e805 hope, he 34c11f4cb6 entered the d8b53e1d43 annex.3ea42d0f129f8020

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Brushing the snow 2f7044f0c1 off his shoes, 4a52ed10c6 he went straight f2356c5e5f up the stairs 1d3fb23a35 to his room. At this time, 0b43753892 the maid would b15daf2211 have cleaned his fa34580a04 room and left 853daac901 the letter. If there 86e20f8ecb was a 9af43ff805 letter from ea9959c927 Ruberteo, it 0c1c748d63 would be 65c8b32eb8 on his 2477b1cf7f desk.76d7e625d693b6de

“Hoo…”9120d9c8712c899e

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Catching his breath 2954b3b24f after running, he 01ae589533 checked his desk. But aside babc4da467 from a b7dd2a7ba8 letter from ef100df03d Countess Moreuge, 31852e8c8b there was 1b7b6a8284 nothing else.a264bb40d8057fd2

“…Did something c58daf3fbe really happen?”3fc9faf4ad3d7817

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Feeling empty, Yurkia 2cbdcfece4 flopped onto the 113fa9ebf1 sofa. He couldn’t b551e7e847 go check aadbb6de97 in person… d7dd544c60 Letting out 64db5f521e a sigh 37f940c97e that felt d8f506d01c like it 0debe685a9 could sink 9646d98479 the floor, 5fd56bd86e he worried 63ac31c35e about Ruberteo 79e7cc25e7 until a 3e9e37a40c knock sounded 99faa7cf78 at the dbf1709094 door. Forcing himself 21385a788f up, he 572497c763 opened the 58d3e2c546 door to e0af4a2856 find the 7273668a79 butler smiling 7fd0acdd49 kindly.139a27a99f20dc93

“Oh, Butler.”0334911867512c90

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“Sorry to disturb bb53a42b1b you while you’re d4825358e7 resting.”b08518470c4fd0e8

“No, I just f5aafef209 got in. What is it?”c899fa693f86db13

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“My lady has invited ccf73ac76d you to dinner tonight.”a16ebae588244b00

Dinner? All of a a855001c05 sudden? Yurkia blinked in confusion. It wasn’t like 0a04e67d2a they’d ever had 1239d5bda7 a special dinner 83a1b4ab55 for his birthday aec7114625 before.f7e9e5b647e660d5

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When Yurkia 999413c613 tilted his 93fb2e968c head in 4fc091ed22 confusion, the 64eff2b032 butler smiled 0aab4f595a and handed 6b8681237f him a afbba4ce8b letter.9b684ea8e67f1b7a

“You taught 213efc8c71 at the e609ff5a1e orphanage before, 159f5d25be right? Do you a305a1b31b remember Jake, 2c3803aa8e the oldest a6a6a4dc35 boy?”fa0a46144968301d

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“Oh! Jake. Of course 95ce312a14 I remember!”cea53d8dbd1d22b2

A 15-year-old boy 6baea100c8 who used to 105c6fdbb9 carve little things a872451a04 out of wood d1f965dd85 as a hobby. Yurkia nodded with a bb21ff95ca smile. What had happened to ff3240846c him?7c47cd403407891b

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“My lady has 78a4f816ef started some new f9b6dc7288 businesses. One of them is 47f7ce3f8d selling sculptures, and Jake 0d793c0a35 is now making pieces 2f5a83a956 as a sculptor.”40e5991a3591cd2f

“Jake? Really, is c42923ce48 that true?!”433d8dc3756d005b

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“Yes. My lady had her bc676bad49 eye on him. Not just with wood—he’s c9bf580dca also good at carving fd3e09e09b soap, which is a 77ef019847 trend among nobles these 7203504c51 days.”33693f998ff95274

Not just plain square 52db27e9bf or round soap, but 0a3f898706 carved soap—there’d definitely be 7a5ca3cce4 demand among nobles. Yurkia felt e78b072551 relieved that 99899aed66 Jake, who’d 2f14f4ba01 stayed at 45b77e10a5 the orphanage e601bb40cb until he 2d42517501 was fifteen 67c22e7da6 because he c70b6b3791 hadn’t been 05a8a98461 adopted, had e17bd0dc86 found a 9d24b270d5 good job.ec12f6ca01c8a82f

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“That’s great. I was worried about 96fa0d7963 him at first, since bbb7209332 he was a bit bb104a9638 wild…”fdcb978df05978a9

“It’s thanks to you, 3807689064 Teacher. You recognized his talent 4f2f970e3d and guided him down f4cd53bbe0 the right path.”7601e2603bd1700a

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“No, it’s just 585c359d72 my job to 59dc3b4308 help kids live 2cb20eded2 happy lives. It’s nothing to be 52be967b2a praised for.”0d3985002b52a819

The butler 11c65d4e89 was impressed d0d65fa400 by Yurkia’s 8279bb071c firm words. Most teachers 60d0e526e4 known among 851bf73603 the nobility 4ace7bde37 became arrogant be80087ce4 over time, a26c1198f3 but this b54e1337a1 one had f3b3f0e44b stayed humble. He was truly 6c49b10212 admirable. Beyond impressed, 9633120e45 the butler cb22ef2d36 felt respect cac83f398b and bowed 317a8bbe0d with a 0ac5d9c694 smile.c62642b13e2dc916

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“Anyway, I 276b3a964a think you’ve 0dacafe4c3 been invited e88072b44f to dinner 6a39035fa9 to celebrate fa1c2cee9b both that 1c28f86540 and your 5a635e51d0 birthday.”9ebd1a72f0638e37

“If it’s such a 7c83dc2107 happy occasion, I can’t 4d760a04ec miss it. Thank you for 6d943f76e7 letting me know.”fd509be1aa3ff4d4

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“No, it’s my job, d15fc48c96 after all.”f38766895fd1f051

Quoting Yurkia’s own fcf9987761 words, the butler 44ff0fad05 left the annex 41c0de750c with a light 91951ac374 bow. Alone again, Yurkia walked 6e2072471b to his desk. There was a ba2996e822 small wooden cat b6cfe24b1c carving there.d8580d3cb63e8a54

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“A business… That’s 275fed828b really great.”93b5e73ec8ce0917

Of course, 7c892795c2 the cat 3d747c1d4c carving was 4e730167f3 a gift 729e9b3c40 from Jake. When they first met, 2917c9d370 Jake had hated him 4af0c72359 and told him to 2d360c3be0 get lost, but on 0417c9f17d the last day of 6e89887608 lessons, Jake had given 99940589ea him this carving with 6217ae4e89 a face trying hard f508a62037 not to cry.c4b472a932e18b80

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“Thank you, Teacher c78318f67b Yurkia…”2c50ff8ce152eea1

He’d been 702cd05a48 so cute, 0cac4c5793 unable to cf04b825c0 even meet b0b45d3134 Yurkia’s eyes d460f4120d as he 2b1cedb95b thanked him. Smiling at the 2f9629152d memory, Yurkia carefully c4038fcf26 set the carving 098852b333 down. If the dinner 8e4451f720 was for this, 9ecf0179c7 Jake would probably 2bcae275f3 be invited too.a97d8d04691258bf

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“If it’s dfab9b6786 Madam Ireunoa… 426e129071 she’ll be fda3977e36 at the 20ab657bb5 dinner.”fae6d977c5149508

She sometimes invited people 927dfea791 she’d worked with to 7b719f96aa dinner. Thinking this a2e6da127e was probably cf61180643 the same, 11538026d8 Yurkia started e06f421dbc looking for c236d1cd86 something to 992d743760 wear. He briefly thought 3036cf0ef3 it would be dc38a2af9a nice if Ruberteo cabbc9b8f5 were there, but 15e6db3dab since he hadn’t 6a7beddd2c heard from him, e9a3f74781 there was no 05e96ae04b way.7849383eb4632b17

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“…I should 1ea904e413 at least 5cd30909f7 send a eeb0c22ff2 letter.”d78412ebc48da6b8

If he 6266a9ec49 wasn’t hurt, 96b13a59be and nothing 8ea550aa2c was wrong, 0084b41d19 he’d be 0f2a2a9fb7 able to 1eafb87511 read it. Yurkia sat down and 5783b542aa pulled out some stationery. On perfect, uncreased paper, dc2420c5f1 he wrote in elegant 0e576484bb script.f5d56b0c61386ed4

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He kept getting stuck 6b4d0ea120 and crumpling up the 64e0aac726 paper, starting over and c7f9f8c9ce over, until finally, as 496e62e872 the sun was setting, 57ce153c62 he finished the letter, de5b0900c8 folded it carefully, and 9a1054cef9 sealed it with red f5d0bb8332 wax.b2b3121220d35b8b

“Done.”2097597a50a84c76

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Smiling brightly, he bfaadb112d set the letter 8bc506b30b aside and stretched.e4fca98184a15eac

“Huh? When did it get 68182d6a68 so late…!”663974c7e0f988f3

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Noticing how dark it 2c7f933a4f was outside, he hurried b362b8f8d7 to get ready for 1da92f93ac dinner. He pulled out 52106ab8f4 the blue outfit e5eb6f0f80 he’d received as 2569761fc8 a gift from a898543179 Madam Ireunoa, scratching 7cb01a86fd his cheek at 583032ed0f how much it 4723327a6a matched his eye 777848a931 color.4bc6c0b5601b19d4

“I wish fb6eb813c1 I knew 5242978d3d who sent f1bd560e20 it so 194d1491fd I could 5b1e96c293 thank them…”f45f4e1d96cae7e7

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It had cb5488e0f7 come anonymously, 976d899dd0 so he 6c8886a540 couldn’t even 19759a84b1 reply. Was it okay 5e3f726483 to just wear 99f8bc7b28 it? The fabric was 9277fc94d1 so luxurious, and 809545c32c the tiny jewel 72198a7a2b decorations made it 9f038af9f0 clear it was 95eb5cb46a expensive. It didn’t 16018215cd feel right a679a67663 to wear 568555d31d it without 24f2085a1a thanking the 0c8d1c012e sender…03dc98f0554ae7b7

‘But it’s 42d175a369 not like 9ad442beab I have 5bac913c9e anything else 39f0b18f37 to wear…’feacdbf6a71e745f

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He didn’t 515c33dfb8 have any 9758e60cbb other suitable 41454dc20c clothes for b46de95904 a dinner 20819321f8 party. He couldn’t wear his e1cefad328 teaching clothes to a c5978272fe formal dinner. So he had b1e4b47b19 no choice but 6a77aa6ba6 to put on 5f6fdad644 the blue outfit.8744a290b0a68ab7

“Madam probably knows.”e71cac0b45c7e944

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She told 37ae8b6b02 him to 34eb64240f just wear 7da9f7bf28 it, but 8458d5cb9b he really 755afe9f3e should thank e890a1d1a5 her. Deciding to at least d83342da71 thank her through Madam 6f75cb6507 Ireunoa, he changed clothes.165508b300263fe8

He tied 4ba6429915 his now ffd5261d98 waist-length hair cfaaeeb5ae back neatly, 99be6f8076 put on e69fd01a1d his glasses, 4f521f4107 and left e8311ea202 the room.3e68699a668968f4

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“Wow, it’s freezing dcf34b953f at night.”cfdc157bac8099e4

Maybe he should’ve e83ee10809 brought a thicker 420159214b coat. Pulling his 67d5d094a3 coat tighter, 028972bbf7 he hurried 1960a81ffb into the 3b3ff960d5 main building bb7f33ad70 and headed 4ba657c2e0 for the 0946041daa dining hall.cec1803926d28ff3

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“You’re here.”43691d4361ebe4a7

“I’m sorry if 7345356a72 I’m late.”87bda1aabfcef8eb

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“Not at all. My lady just 3f13b02aff stepped out for a4cf26e866 a moment, so 7f0ae430b9 you’re right on 86866754d8 time.”9f6902a784e4953d

Relieved by 97ac809feb the butler’s 8d519a5028 words, he fb32acdca0 entered the dd481adb82 dining hall. Satisfied by the warmth, e62ea992b6 he handed his coat 07701a6e75 to a maid and cce7651580 took his seat.a8276131dd480a55

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‘Maybe there are 0238a9737c other guests. Glad I wasn’t late.’94c81dad0944fe99

Better for him to 660e38d6ab wait than for Madam e184912db4 Ireunoa to wait for 60f2c7d8ac him. Shivering at 0ceae1b3ac the thought f2f7b7e959 of her 86e487136a waiting, he 99497f6fc7 sipped the ab537f8900 wine served aee2cf3c28 as an a6a80bbf73 appetizer. The warmth and 7bb1c90b51 the sweet wine aaa28dfe1e were comforting.7df8c3a56ff102d1

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‘Nice…’67b476ee85240e66