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<p class="ydp5cd3a4e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span>It was not late in Long House but most
people had retired for the evening. Only the guards moved about on their
rounds. It left the complex quiet.</span></p>
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<p class="ydp5cd3a4e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span>"So, what does that bring the count up
to?" Caroline asked. She was with Misha in the rooms they shared in Long
House.</span></p>
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<p class="ydp5cd3a4e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span>"Only 175 close guests." Misha was
seated next to her at a large desk. The desk was piled high with papers and
messages of all sorts.</span></p>
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<p class="ydp5cd3a4e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span>“ONLY?" She asked. "What do you
mean by Close guests?"</span></p>
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<p class="ydp5cd3a4e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span>"Immediate family and close friends,”
Misha explained. “I’m not done with all the others like casual friends.”</span></p>
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<p class="ydp5cd3a4e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span>"So, we can expect a lot more friends
to just show up?"</span></p>
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<p class="ydp5cd3a4e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span>He laughed. "Everyone within a hundred
miles is sure to show up. Whether we invite them or not.”</span></p>
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<p class="ydp5cd3a4e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span>"We invited everyone. Including the
Lutins!"</span></p>
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<p class="ydp5cd3a4e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span>"I figure somewhere around 200 more
people we will have come.”</span></p>
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<p class="ydp5cd3a4e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span>"We can’t feed and house that many!
" She said.</span></p>
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<p class="ydp5cd3a4e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span>Misha shook his head. "We don’t need
to. Perhaps some entertainment and some drink."</span></p>
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<p class="ydp5cd3a4e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span>“We can hire street performers,” she said.</span></p>
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<p class="ydp5cd3a4e2MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span>“That can work! A bigger question is where
are we going to house 175 people?” Misha asked out loud.</span></p>
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