This released a few tense muscles, allowing the seven underfed, over-painted, underdressed and expensively decorated women with thin lips and wary eyes to offer tentative smiles while waiting for Caterina Geld to show them how to treat this odd young woman. The five teenage girls whod been left behind when the boys joined their fathers, drifted across to droop beside their mothers. All eyed Mort with wary interest.
Mort shook his head, refusing to think.
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Mort explained.