He smiled back, astonished to be so instantly understood. It was really only a little linnet singing outside his window, but it was so long since he had heard a bird sing in his garden that it seemed to him to be the most beautiful music in the world. They were halfway through dessert—by Ivan's request, a xxtube of the spiced peach tart—when they were interrupted by a comconsole call, or rather, by Martin xxtube in to announce, There's some xxtube stiff-rod on the com for you, Lord Vorkosigan.
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