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41 " All the same, we should excuse ourselves," Vergil said. " Although I am wondering if the meeting was already well concluded when we intruded." He gave Nathaniel a deep look on the last sentence that made Charlotte's caution prickle. She saw the big brother in him, thinking that a private chat with this man was in order.Bianca still had not picked up the cue. " You are making plans regarding the petitions?" " I trust that a petition came up at some point in the visit," Vergil said dryly. " Correct, Knightridge?" Charlotte wanted to die. " Indeed one did," she said. " Mr. Knightridge is proving to be a great help in the cause." Bianca beamed. " I always knew that the two of you would find common ground in something." " Yes, we have discovered that we think alike in one small area," Nathaniel agreed.Charlotte wanted to hit him." Indeed," Vergil muttered. "
42 " Ask him about the cemeteries, Dean!" In 1966 upon being told that President Charles DeGaulle had taken France out of NATO and that all U.S. troops must be evacuated off of French soil President Lyndon Johnson mentioned to Secretary of State Dean Rusk that he should ask DeGaulle about the Americans buried in France. Dean implied in his answer that that DeGaulle should not really be asked that in the meeting at which point President Johnson then told Secretary of State Dean Rusk:" Ask him about the cemeteries Dean!" That made it into a Presidential Order so he had to ask President DeGaulle.So at end of the meeting Dean did ask DeGaulle if his order to remove all U.S. troops from French soil also included the 60,000+ soldiers buried in France from World War I and World War II.DeGaulle, embarrassed, got up and left and never answered. "
43 " Dreams are the sources of action the meeting and the end a resting place among the flight of things. "
44 " Even though it's hard to learn how to back your car out the driveway at first, once it becomes a habit, you can do it almost automatically and think about something else, like the meeting that you need to go to today or what's on the radio. "
