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Maxilan, darling." Locke raised one eyebrow and smiled. "I knew you were driven, but I had no idea you could smoulder. Come, take me now! Jean won't mind; he'll avert his eyes like a gentleman.

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You needed a bath, Jean interrupted. You were covered in self-pity.

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We met five years ago. Jean scratched his beard. On a sea voyage. We became business partners out of sheer boredom. Since then we've been inseparable.
Except that my plan calls for me to be plotting your death.
Yes, but I don't know that, do I? Boon companion! I suspect nothing.
Chump! I can hardly wait to see you get yours!

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That's a sweet piece, said Jean, briefly forgetting to be aggravated. You didn't snatch that off a street.
No, said Locke, before taking another deep draught of the warm water in the decanter. I got it from the neck of the governor's mistress.
You can't be serious.
In the governor's manor.
Of all the—
In the governor's bed.
Damned lunatic!
With the governor sleeping next to her... It is possible, said Locke with a sheepish grin, that I have been slightly too bold.

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This entire situation is insane. Jean slammed his book shut in disgust.
It was insane before; now it's become malicious.

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Government affairs are a bit beyond our experience, said Jean.
Nonsense. You'll feel right at home. What is government but theft by consent? You'll be moving in a society of kindred spirits.

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When I get this door open, you're dead, Jean!
When you get that door open? I look forward to many long years of life, then.

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What do you have to say to that?
Oh, very little, to be sure, Master Kosta. It's so hard to think, overawed as I am with the sublime genius of your plan.
That bears some vague resemblance to sarcasm.
God forfend, said Jean. You wound me! Your inexpressible criminal virtues have triumphed again, as inevitably as the tides come and go. I cast myself at your feet and beg for absolution. Yours is the genius that nourishes the heart of the world.
And now you're—
If only there was a leper handy, interrupted Jean, so you could lay your hands on and magically heal him.

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Worst of all, the inner vault is guarded by a live dragon, attended by fifty naked women armed with poisoned spears, each of them sworn to die in Requin's service. All redheads. -You're just making that up, Jean.

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