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Book One: Dune
Whenthedinner’sover,ImaywantyoutobringPaultothefieldC.P.Waitformycall.”
Halleckemergedfromthealcoveindressuniform,hislumpyuglinessseemingoutofplaceintheglitteringfinery.Heleanedhisbalisetagainstthewall,crossedtothechairPaulhadoccupied,satdown.
“There’snoneedforalarm,”theDukesaid,“butImustaskthatnooneleaveuntilourhouseguardsaysit’ssafe.Youwillbeperfectlysecureaslongasyouremainhere,andwe’llhavethislittletroubleclearedupveryshortly.”
Paulcaughtthecodewordsinhisfather’smessage—guard—safe—secure-shortly.Theproblemwassecurity,notviolence.Hesawthathismotherhadreadthesamemessage.Theybothrelaxed.
TheDukegaveashortnod,wheeledandstrodethroughtheservicedoorfollowedbyhistrooper.
Paulsaid:“Pleasegoonwithyourdinner.IbelieveDoctorKyneswasdiscussingwater.”
“Maywediscussitanothertime?”Kynesasked.”
“Byallmeans,”Paulsaid.
AndJessicanotedwithprideherson’sdignity,thematuresenseofassurance.
Thebankerpickeduphiswaterflagon,gesturedwithitatBewt.“NoneofusherecansurpassMasterLingarBewtinfloweryphrases.OnemightalmostassumeheaspiredtoGreatHousestatus.Come,MasterBewt,leadusinatoast.
Perhapsyou’veadollopofwisdomfortheboywhomustbetreatedlikeaman.”
Jessicaclenchedherrighthandintoafistbeneaththetable.ShesawahandsignalpassfromHallecktoIdaho,sawthehousetroopersalongthewallsmoveintopositionsofmaximumguard.
Bewtcastavenomousglareatthebanker.
