Please, assemble the servants in the dining room.” He looked over at Shannon, swinging gently from the ceiling. “Uh, you can call the servants aft...er you have freed Shannon. I’ll be in the study when they are ready.” He turned away and then paused. “Brenda, I also want you to get together a set of clothing for Harris. Everything he needs to go out into public — a suit, tie, shirt, socks, shoes, belt, and underwear. Bring them to the study.”Jake and Leanne went to the study-library. Oak shelves. . I didn’t recognize you. I remember you as a brunette.”“I went blonde over the summer. By the way, it’s a lie. Blondes don’t have more fun.” She spotted Jeff.“That’s Jeff, my fiance.”“Pleased to meet you,” Jeff said.“You must be the Jeff who gave Ted an earful. Probably what he needed to hear.” Morgan turned to Chelsea. “I came to apologize, in person, for outing you to Ted. I should have known better than to out someone without their permission and I am deeply sorry for it. Believe me,. I did some repairs and reconditioning in the field. That place was what you would call a hostile environment." What about moisture and cold?" Same problem. Instead of sand it's water. Instead of a hundred and twenty degrees, it's freezing." Let me think about it. We might be able to use another person beginning next year. We've fairly busy right now, but I'd like to see us busier. If there's a job, it would be in January. Can you wait that long?" Yes, sir. Especially if I was working with Red.. There's no chance that any force we send that deep into Sa'arm territory can be expected to fight its way out. If it's a division that gets caught on the ground, then we'll lose a division. If it's a hundred ships that are jumped by a hive fleet, then we lose a hundred ships."Thornberry sighed, "I agree that intelligence about what they have buried out of our sight is something that we must have, and your concept is a sound way of getting that intelligence. Let's revisit this after you've cut.