Juliana was not surprised that the topic had come up; if she was involved in any capacity with Jude Wright's campaign, she expected Kieran would hear about it sooner or later. She was surprised that it had come up so soon, thought. She'd only met with Wright the day before, and she hadn't given him any warning beforehand that she was planning to come to him. That news had traveled so quickly meant two things: first, she'd been correct in her assumption that Jude was an important friend of Kieran's, if they talked this often and with this degree of specificity; second, that her conversation the previous day had made enough of an impression on Wright for it to be noteworthy. The second point pleased her; she smiled.

"He mentioned it? Hm," she said, but did not delve into the matter farther. "Later today I'm attending the tea at the Darling house, which it seems all of the candidates have been invited to, but I don't imagine we'll have anything new to talk about by then."

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