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[impure_tale]

Do you know I never fancied ships in my youth? I had in my delusions, as a prisoner given to an obsession with numbers, once predicted that the letters I was receiving included secret 'signals' that I would be exiled to Barbados the following fortnight. This sent me into such a passion that I wrote probably some of the most unkind letters to my wife that I had ever penned -- not of course because I loathed sunshine, just the seas and all vessels that floated upon them.

I'm tempted to suggest this one does not count. Perhaps it is the absence of any real water.

Lucius Malfoy, I am making quick work of your file. I expect that we should meet very soon, but until I have committed this information to memory, we shall have to settle for conversation here. Have you any pressing quesetions?

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[solicitinerules.livejournal.com]

If I'm honest I'm not really one to care about complexion all that much.

I'll tell you though, the view from this particular ship's deck is infinitely more interesting than any of the ships I've ever been on.

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

Oh, I certainly agree.

The only interesting sight I ever beheld while aboard a ship before had more to do with the people than the scenery. While traveling to Italy I boarded a ferry, disguised as a priest. The weather turned ominous and tossed the little ship rather mercilessly, and many frightened patrons asked me to hear their last confessions. I politely agreed.

...We reached our destination safely, of course.

[solicitinerules.livejournal.com]

Of course! [And now she's just laughing.] Why were you disguised as a priest?

[impure-tale.livejournal.com]

My present position required that I travel incognito.

[solicitinerules.livejournal.com]

Sounds like quite a story...