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"Well, there's quite an audience here this afternoon," began Frode.

"Yes, of course there is. You know about what happened. They want to see the child," said Hertha, who was not quite clever enough to judge that Frode was only being polite.

Frode cleared his throat. "Well, yes. That is a good reason. I am curious myself. Where is the child?"

Fiske clapped his hands once, very obviously. This was the signal for your parents to enter from the side and present you to the assembly. Fiske did it rather awkwardly, though, and your parents entered to a couple silenced giggles. It wasn't that Fiske was stupid, he just didn't know much of anything outside of fishing.

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