"L. E. Modesitt - The Forever Hero 2 -The Silent Warrior" - читать интересную книгу автора (Modesitt L E)

The messenger was none other than the retired I.S.S. pilot who had taken him to the Duke's
estate the last time he had been in New Augusta.

No one else entered the area, nor was anyone else in evidence besides the pilot and the
orderly.

"Commander?" Gerswin offered as he stepped out boldly toward the lavender-clad pilot

"Senior Commander Gerswin, a pleasure to see you again, set." The older man bowed slightly
from the waist and straightened, handing the I.S.S. officer a sealed package that weighed close to
a kilo. "Those are the papers the Duchess wanted you to have."

Gerswin covered his confusion by bowing in return. What papers?

"My thanks, Commander," Gerswin responded. "Her Grace . . . ?"

"Perhaps you should read them before. . ."

The pilot did not meet Gerswin's eyes.

"Appreciate your bringing them."

"No problem at all."

With that, the Duke's pilot was gone, leaving Gerswin holding the sealed package.

This time Gerswin took the passenger lift to his third floor room. The corridors were
deserted, unsurprisingly, since most of the senior officers billeted there were undergoing full-
day briefings at the Octagon, or were stationed there.

Once inside his quarters, he used some makeshift extender tools to open the package, still
unwilling to stand over it and unseal the tape.

His fears proved groundless, though he put a small slit in the cover of the loose leaf
book which had been enclosed within the wrappings. A small sealed envelope, with only the notation
"Lieutenant Gerswin" on it, was tucked inside the black leather covers, just in front of the title
page, which stated simply: "OER FOUNDATION."

He opened the letter, setting the book on the top of the console.


Dear Lieutenant (please pardon my remembering you this way),



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