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"Friends, comrades, associates," he said to the council, "I thank you for neglecting your beds at this late hour to join with us here in the Hall of Meeting, for there is something very important to be shared. FRIENDS COMRADES ASSOCIATES HE SAID TO THE COUNCIL I THANK YOU FOR NEGLECTING YOUR BEDS AT THIS LATE HOUR TO JOIN WITH US HERE IN THE HALL OF MEETING FOR THERE IS SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT TO BE SHARED
ped with all kinds of luxuries and embellishments and spreading out like a quarter circle around a central stage with a podium upon it. Seats were arranged in arching rows, with a sort of cluster of seats around a wooden desk being allotted to each of the members of the council and his aide de camps; there were two hundred such clusters. Sitting there like they had been woken from sleep to attend to us were the delegates, looking tired and untidy, a rare state for a Canitaur to be in, with their clothes ruffled, their hair uncombed, and their eyes glazed with a discordant state of mind. Wagner, who turned out to be a high official among them, led me to the top of the stage where the podium was, with a sofa, desk, and several chairs behind it, concealed from the council by the raised floor and walls that formed the base of the podium, creating a small, private anteroom for those at the podium. I laid myself down tiredly on the sofa to rest while Wagner took the stage and began to speak. ENDID ROOM EQUIPPED WITH ALL KINDS OF LUXURIES AND EMBELLISHMENTS AND SPREADING OUT LIKE A QUARTER CIRCLE AROUND THE CENTRAL STAGE WITH A PODIUM UPON IT SEATS WERE ARRANGED IN ARCHING ROWS WITH A SORT OF CLUSTER OF SEATS AROUND A WOODEN DESK BEING ALLOTTED TO EACH OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND HIS AIDE DE CAMPS THERE WERE TWO HUNDRED SUCH CLUSTERS SITTING THERE LIKE THEY HAD BEEN AWOKEN FROM SLEEP TO ATTEND TO US WERE THE DELEGATES LOOKING TIRED AND UNTIDY A RARE ESTATE FOR A CANADOR TO BE IN WITH THEIR CLOTHES RUFFLED THEIR HAIR UNCOMBED AND THEIR EYES GLAZED WITH A DISCORDANT STATE OF MIND WAGNER WHO TURNED OUT TO BE A HIGH OFFICIAL AMONG THEM LED ME TO THE TOP OF THE STAGE WHERE THE PODIUM WAS WITH A SOFA DESK AND SEVERAL CHAIRS BEHIND IT CONCEALED FROM THE COUNCIL BY THE RAISED FLOOR AND WALLS THAT FORMED THE BASE OF THE PODIUM CREATING A SMALL PRIVATE ANTE ROOM FOR THOSE AT THE PODIUM I LAID MYSELF DOWN TIREDLY ON THE SOFA TO REST WHILE WAGNER TOOK THE STAGE AND BEGAN TO SPEAK
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