The guy is funny in the way he always wants us to join him.Waiters were pouring champagne in tall glasses as soon as we all were sitting. This was dif...ferent than the mess the players made with what I hoped was cheap stuff in the clubhouse.Stuart asked me, "Do you think they will ever get the clubhouse clean?"I smiled and told him, "They made a mess when we won the division, so they have experience."Mrs. Sternberg said, "Matt's wife tells me you had everyone over for breakfast this morning.. "Would you come forward and state your name and why you object to this marriage." Mr. Winton took an unsteady step and stopped. He took a deep breath and started again."He's drunk." Whispered Millie her words only heard by Mr. Gilmorton and me. I took Millie to one side as he unsteadily approached the registrar."She can't marry this tosser. She's my wife." We're divorced Allan." An angry Millie shouted at him."Paper! Just bits of paper." He dismissed them. "You belong to me. I am your husband. " I started to draw my sword to a chorus of gasps."You can't! The guilds will hunt you for killing your student."I leaned into the Headmaster's desk and pointed back to Orlanth while I stared at the Guild Master. "He. Is. Not. My. Student. He is a boy without a master." I said angrily as I slapped the headmaster's desk with my open palm. "I won't have him burning down a town with his experiments in an uncontrolled environment." He should be treated like every other apprentice that lost his. I dunno... I wasn't really paying attention and she talks kinda fast, anyway."Now I could feel my face turning red - red with anger. I wanted to toss the lettuce across the room and throttle my own flesh and blood. Instead, I forced myself to remain calm."Did she, uh... saying anything else? Any information? Like when and where?"Rachel wiped her hands with the towel and turned to me. She seemed to be racking her brain, trying to remember, while I became more impatient."Umm... Oh, yeah," she.
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