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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Unto my right noble cousin, Baron Kainin Tepesa,
Lord Bonwicke, do I, Baron Armand Dragonetti, Lord Elfsea, by grace of Their
Stellar Majesties Ulsted & Ebergardis, send warm greetings. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Noble Cousin,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Let me be direct. I am concerned for you and your
lands. I watched most carefully as you renewed your oath of fealty to the Crown
of Ansteorra, swearing to care and protect Their Majesties lands in the west. I
could not help but wonder at the irony, but perhaps your idea of protection
differs from my own. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I love you cousin, and these words, painful as they
are for me, are spoken out of genuine concern. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I realize, as do we all, that you have a new
Mistress who brings you much joy, but, and please forgive my forwardness, may I
suggest that she does distract you a bit too much from your stewardship in the
West? Tis true, your taste is exquisite, no faulting you there, but one must
remember a bit of decorum. To cavort so publicly, is this not ill-advised?
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You also now seem content to focus on gentler
pursuits, traversing the kingdom in an obvious effort to curry favor by
chronicling the affairs of state for Their Majesties. Transparent cousin, most
transparent. But more than that, do not these travels take you far from
Bonwicke? It is this that speaks more closely to my *true* concern.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In recent year's, I have observed your lands
repeatedly besieged by brigands and nefarious upstarts. My generous nature
attributed these difficulties to happen stance, but I now see that there was
indeed cause. Your apparent lapse in judgment would embolden any rogue with
sinister intent. The criminal Ruspoli was almost your undoing, and then his
bereaved widow, out for vengeance? Bonwicke, that shining star of the West,
nearly sacked by a woman!?! Heaven helps us.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now, as I take stock of Elfsea, assessing her
wealth and fortifications, I am well pleased. My only concern: Instability in
the West. Can you assure me, cousin, that you are indeed in command and have a
formidable force at the ready?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As much as I love you, dear cousin, I love Elfsea
more and am not prepared to gamble her safety on inattentive brethren.
I <SPAN class=734331416-13072007>await </SPAN>your swift
reassurance.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><FONT color=#000000>In the service of
kingdom, crown and barony, I remain,<BR>HE Armand Dragonetti<BR>Baron of
Elfsea</FONT><BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>