Drinks and chat flowed quickly and everyone agreed it was a shame Stella was unwell “Although!” Michelle said, sometimes it is nice to have anothe... couple all to yourselves.” Some thirty minutes later Michelle showed their guests through to the dining hall, “Please excuse the table setting.” she said. “Stella cancelled so late I already had it set for 6.” Dinner went without a hitch with Lenny and Michelle being such great hosts Adam actually warmed up to them and when Michelle asked them to. "It's important, somehow. You will need the knowledge it contains in case something goes wrong and you can't come back with the ship."She knew with certainty the great ship wasn't coming back from its final voyage, but with the help of a Praetor, her sister could limit the extent of the tragedy."There are only four Praetors left," Béla explained, "one at the university, one on Deimos and two in the great ship; one with father and one spare. If I take the spare to Earth and something happens to. Sure, you may was loyal, you may was his diehard but at the end of the day, you were a threat.’ Roka explained. ‘A threat? I would never ever have crossed Bhalil!! He is my king!! Why does he think I’d ever betray him?’ Ortangu said, finding this hard to believe. ‘Because eventually we would have boosted you to his level of fame to rip his tirade apart. He saw your name building and fell right into the ploy.’ A barbarian from the rear of the lounge responded. ‘You set him up?’ Roka asked. " Then you have fornicated with Lord Blanchforth?" Garrickson asked."Yes," she agreed, "Indeed many times."Mr Garrickson pulled himself up to his full height, which truth to be told was a mere five feet and three inches and declared, "Then you shall be taken from this place to the market place and stripped entirely bare and then publicly thrashed with fifty lashes!" "Hold hard Garrickson," Mr Trimbolton the senior magistrate declared, "It is not you place to make such declarations, though I own.