She held her coat closed with one hand and said, "She told me a few days before she left."

"My coat and boots," he said to Desgas at last.

"Just this coat and a shot of our own male breeding hormones," she said.

"Thank you, coat of arms," I said gratefully, glancing down.

'Such an interesting coat of arms, too,' said the queen.

That coat said he had done well since.

"Come back for dinner," said the waitress as she handed me my coat.

"Your coat," she said, and stretched out her hands to help him shoulder it off.

"My real coat, they say it's in the Smithsonian now," he said.

"Hang your coat up and say hello to the other dancers."