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All with reportersswarming after him like gnats. How would you like to report on that,Paige? He swung an arm in her direction and bellowed out a cuttingimitation of an emcee. In the family room, where the television mumbled to itself, Lily woke upand climbed down off the couch. Grants of land as salariesfor official duties were made even to post-towns for the purpose ofdefraying the expense of coolies and horses for official use.