"Only royalty has one name. Remo what?"
"Remo Schwartzenegger," said Remo. "And this is Chiun. One name only."
"Your companion?" she asked.
Remo shook his head. "Much more," was all he said. From the corner of his eyes, he saw that Chiun
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had agitated for the Emir s overthrow, calling his * . u. ,
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regime oppressive. They had finally gotten their vJ &
"We will see," Princess Sarra said.
They stood, eyes locked, and Remo could feel doors opening inside of him, doors that he had thought were closed for good. Princess Sarra had green eyes. Her waist was incredibly slim. Remo wanted to look at her bosom, but he felt that some-
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how it would seem insulting. He looked anyway and
And short women.
fatandfifty- Churn's story.
"What's this, what's this?" the man demanded, approaching the group.
Princess Sarra eyed the man with distinct disapproval as he stopped alongside her.
"What's going on?" he asked.
Remo took out the identification card that Smith had given him for this purpose and showed it to the man. The man inspected it carefully, looking at both sides of the card which bore the names of Remo Schwartzenegger and Chiun.
Princess Sarra smiled. The American agent tried to keep at the Prin-
The leader of the guards reappeared from inside the house, along with a harried looking man in a tweed suit with a wide rayon tie. He was short and
cess's side, but her disdain for him and his company was obvious. Inside, she led them to a sitting room while the agent went off to check out Remo and
"You can't go," she told the Royal Guard who had started to crowd into the room after them.
They hesitated. Their leader began to speak.
"Out," Princess Sarra ordered in a tone that allowed no discussion, and the men dutifully filed out.
"Be seated," the Princess told Remo and Chiun in a voice that was an invitation, even though the words themselves were a command.
Remo took a cushion from the couch and dropped it on the floor for Chiun. While Chiun settled him-
"Well?" the Princess asked sdf CIOSsA^ on the cushion> Remo relaxed back It seems to be m order, the man admitted. . ., b, „ fu m,- „> ,,»o ™ \
"Seems to be? Don't you know?" °nt° ^ f^' He MChm™ ^ OT ,
"Well I it looks okay I don't " ' helooked at Prmcess Sarra- He knew he was m for
"We will'take these men inside while'you check another lecture' Number 912 in Chiun's Catalog:
further wkh your government," she said. She turned to Chiun. "Will you step inside?"
"Thank you," Chiun said. "I am old and frail and my people are so poor because of unpaid debts that . . ."
"Don't start, Chiun," cautioned Remo. "We'd be delighted to come inside," he told the Princess.
Again, the half-smile formed on her full lips and she turned and walked toward the house. Remo watched her buttocks undulate as he followed her.
"How women dilute the ability of a Master of Sin-arrju to perform at any level of consistency." To which Remo usually delivered Pupil's Comeback Number Two: "Who cares?"
"Are you here to help my brother?" Sarra asked
him.
"We are what we said," explained Remo. "We came to examine the security of this island and to see if your brother is well protected."
"Obviously, the security is severely flawed, for
She was a tall woman in her high heel boots, stand- I here you are."
ing almost as tall as Remo himself. i «Not necessarily," Remo said.
He did not mind at all. He liked tall women. ft "Either that," she said, "or you two are extraordi-
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nary kinds of men. Are you, Remo Schwartzeneg- j but inclined his head, acknowledging the apology. Ser?" "It is apparent from your presence that our secu-
Chiun answered for him. "He isn't," Chiun said. "I am. Actually, he is kind of ordinary."
Another man entered the room. He was tall and his hair was pitch-black except for a sprinkle of gray at the temples. His eyes sparkled with intensity, and his mouth looked like a thin slit cut in paper. His skin was milk-white. He wore a small beard.
"Excuse me, Princess," he said.
"Oh, Pakir. Come in." She took the man's arm and guided him to the center of the room.