“These revelations about Noxious don’t seem to have shocked you.” Her gaze was distant, abstracted. “After what I have discovered about my late husband, I doubt anything more I learn about any man could shock me. This voyage—or mission—or whatever one calls it—has been highly educational. No wonder Miles said I was naïve and unworldly.” “He’s your brother,” Rupert said. “Brothers can take the oddest views of their siblings. Perhaps because I’m not your brother, I see you altogether differently. From the first you struck me as levelheaded and clear-eyed.” “You’ve only known me in unusual
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