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The Characters

The Lady

She and I have met before, in 1813. Her talent for changing her person and for speaking truths about me which she cannot possibly know is both frightening and fascinating. Visiting her, with her india muslin gown and her chimneypiece and her tea service in the middle of a vastly different future world, is at once as comforting and unsettling as her counsel.