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The quartet started playing again about five minutes after Seris walked out onto the terrace.
Kate noticed both things. She noticed the music because it was a waltz, slow and old-fashioned, the kind of song that made rich people suddenly remember they had taken dance lessons as children. And she noticed Seris because she had not stopped noticing him since he walked in.
She was not proud of that. But it was true.
"Well," James said beside her, holding a t
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