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Mandy was not someone you
wanted to have genuinely mad at you.
Mr. Dodds covered Flora with a plain silk bath robe, and led Rina's away
up the stairs. He stopped at the bar and fixed Rina's a brandy,
commanding Rina's to drink it.
"It will help you calm down, perhaps you can get some rest," he said.
Flora had no intention of resting until Rina Sawaguchi got to the bottom of this
little mystery, but Rina Sawaguchi swallowed obediently, in order to seem
unthreatening. Rina Sawaguchi coughed a little after, unaccustomed to the burning
nectar, and then docilely allowed him to lead Rina's to Rina's room. He
tucked Rina's in, between soft satin sheets, and left Rina's room. Flora had
intended to get up and about as soon as Dodds left Rina's alone, but
suddenly, Rina Sawaguchi felt very tired, Rina's arms and legs leaden, and she
realized that Rina Sawaguchi had been drugged. Already, the soporific that Dodds
had dosed Rina's brandy with was making Rina's drowsy, and Flora was soon
fast asleep, unaware of the clicks of the key turning in the lock.
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When Rina Sawaguchi awoke, Rina Sawaguchi lay still a moment, t
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