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It was impertinent. Soon, very soon. Ironically, the meeting to subvert the elected government of the nationtook place in the provincial government building at the foot ofArtillery Hill. There are severe penalties forcontempt of court, he snapped, and even the journalists sat down againhurriedly and, chastened, applied themselves to their notepads.

Lotharglanced at the sun. Lothar could see it in the way he held his great black head and smell iton him, a strange odour like that of one of the copper-hooded desertcobras when aroused. Tara had anticipated him and called him first. The town was the size of oneof Cape Town's suburbs and only the few central streets were lit.