"Thomasina Dempsey," he answered easily. Then, as if everyone did not already know this and might need it explained, he continued, "It's her party. Well — technically my brother's, I guess, if you go just on the name, but obviously it's hers." Don Juan didn't suppose Ozymandias had any party-planning skills or instinct. Though honestly he wouldn't have said Thomasina did either, and yet here they were. His sister-in-law probably would be more in her element if someone suffered an accident and started bleeding out on the dance floor midway through the party... but wouldn't the gossipers have a field day with that, even if the accident had nothing to do with her or her party planning.
"She probably wants it to be a success," he mused, as though it had only just occurred to him. "She'd be cross if I spiked the punch. At least the first year." There would be four more of these before his brother was up to re-election, unless he was either unseated or murdered first, so there was plenty of time to stir things up later. By the second or third year he wagered Thomasina would be just as bored with an uneventful party as he was.
"She probably wants it to be a success," he mused, as though it had only just occurred to him. "She'd be cross if I spiked the punch. At least the first year." There would be four more of these before his brother was up to re-election, unless he was either unseated or murdered first, so there was plenty of time to stir things up later. By the second or third year he wagered Thomasina would be just as bored with an uneventful party as he was.
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