The Pomegranates of Yael IV
Chapter 4 of an epistolary novel about the author of Genesis.
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Think on it, Chani: the princess will have the name, yet she'll live as less than a concubine - never to know a moment of tenderness from the man to whom she's bound. While we, Chani, we who carry the name of concubine - history will call us wives.
—Herbert, DUNE
26th of Tishrei, 2829
Dearest J,
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