The Gandalara Cycle I

At dinner this evening, the gentleman next to me - Colonello Gucci - distinctly said to me, 'Dottore, you see that most beautiful woman sitting a few places down from the end, at the Captain's table? That is the Contessa di Falco.' Since you were the most beautiful woman at that table - indeed, on the ship - I concluded he meant you." ... ................
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