"Timothy Zahn - Hero of Cartao 1" - читать интересную книгу автора (Zahn Timothy)

"Yeah," Corf said off-handedly. "Same thing."

Tories sighed to himself. Hopefully, the boy would grow out of it on his
own.




One of Doriana's more simple amusements these days was to I count off the
minutes between the time a droid or servant I disappeared into his master's
inner sanctum with Doriana's credentials and the time Doriana himself was
ushered in. In the case of Lord Pilester Binalie, that interval was less than
a minute. Either Binalie was unusually respectful of Coruscant authority, or
else he was too worried about this unexpected visitor to play power games.


"Master Doriana," Binalie said, rising from the massive chair behind the
even more massive desk as the protocol droid escorted Doriana into the office.
"It's a great honor to receive a representative from Supreme Chancellor
Palpatine himself."

"A pleasure to meet you, as well, Lord Binalie," Doriana said in turn as



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he walked across the room. "I appreciate you giving me some of your time."

"My pleasure," Binalie said, waving Doriana to a chair facing the desk
and sitting back down himself. "I wish you'd given me notice of your visit. I
could have sent a shuttle to meet you, or else directed you to Triv Spaceport
where you could have come over by landspeeder."

"There were reasons for coming into Cartao where I did," Doriana told
him, watching the other's face closely. "As there were for choosing the
particular transport I did."

A muscle in Binalie's cheek twitched. So he'd spotted the name on
Kerseage's shuttle, too. "Yes; Emil Kerseage," he said. "I'm familiar with his
case, Master Doriana, and I assure you the Trade Council is working to rectify
it."

He waved a hand self-consciously. "It's certainly nothing Palpatine needs
to involve himself with."

"Supreme Chancellor Palpatine is the champion of the common citi zen,"
Doriana reminded him.