Margaret nodded emphatically.
"Just what were your relations with this—this Eldon?"
Margaret explained.
"Oh, you have a monogamous society there," Sin commented.
"Theoretically, yes."
"We did here too, in the dark ages before the Faith. Stupid, isn't it? So restricting."
Sin had regained the poise Eldon's name had disturbed, and Margaret decided to press her advantage while she was in this friendly mood.
"I'd like to see Victor now, Highness. Wor said—"
Sin's eyes hardened instantly. "Sometimes Wor talks too much. No. I must see the Earthman first."
"But—"