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Book One: Dune
Pleasepermittheroomtoconveyalessonwelearnedfromthesameteachers:theproximityofadesirablethingtemptsonetooverindulgence.Onthatpathliesdanger.
Mykindestwishes,
MARGOTLADYFENRING”
Jessicanodded,rememberingthatLetohadreferredtotheEmperor’sformerproxyhereasCountFenring.Butthehiddenmessageofthenotedemandedimmediateattention,couchedasitwasinawaytoinformherthewriterwasanotherBeneGesserit.AbitterthoughttouchedJessicainpassing:TheCountmarriedhisLady.
Evenasthisthoughtflickedthroughhermind,shewasbendingtoseekoutthehiddenmessage.Ithadtobethere.ThevisiblenotecontainedthecodephraseeveryBeneGesseritnotboundbyaSchoolInjunctionwasrequiredtogiveanotherBeneGesseritwhenconditionsdemandedit:“Onthatpathliesdanger.”
Jessicafeltthebackofthenote,rubbedthesurfaceforcodeddots.Nothing.
Theedgeofthepadcameunderherseekingfingers.Nothing.Shereplacedthepadwhereshehadfoundit,feelingasenseofurgency.
Somethinginthepositionofthepad?shewondered.
ButHawathadbeenoverthisroom,doubtlesshadmovedthepad.Shelookedattheleafabovethepad.Theleaf!Shebrushedafingeralongtheundersurface,alongtheedge,alongthestem.Itwasthere!Herfingersdetectedthesubtlecodeddots,scannedtheminasinglepassage:
“YoursonandtheDukeareinimmediatedanger.Abedroomhasbeendesignedtoattractyourson.TheHloadeditwithdeathtrapstobediscovered,leavingonethatmayescapedetection.
