Will he travel tomorrow?'
They both gazed, united in fascination, at the insensible and manhandled person of the sacrosanct Voevoda Bolshoia. 'I doubt it,' said Ludovic d'Harcourt.
But he did. He stirred some time after that conversation, and if his awakening took rather less time than was obvious, the effect was to cheat Danny Hislop's expectant ears of whatever uncouth revelations he was hoping for. Without warning, his eyes closed, Lymond said, 'Hislop?'
'Yes sir?' said Danny, jumping. Then he said sympathetically, 'How are you, sir?'
'Well enough to guess which vulture would be present,' said Lymond pleasantly.
They both gazed, united in fascination, at the insensible and manhandled person of the sacrosanct Voevoda Bolshoia. 'I doubt it,' said Ludovic d'Harcourt.
But he did. He stirred some time after that conversation, and if his awakening took rather less time than was obvious, the effect was to cheat Danny Hislop's expectant ears of whatever uncouth revelations he was hoping for. Without warning, his eyes closed, Lymond said, 'Hislop?'
'Yes sir?' said Danny, jumping. Then he said sympathetically, 'How are you, sir?'
'Well enough to guess which vulture would be present,' said Lymond pleasantly.
( Dorothy Dunnett )
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