To McCarthy’s disappointment, Mary was sentenced to Far Laboristo training. “What’s that?” asked Mary as she was locked in the cell. “You speak no Esperanto, do ye? It means Committed Worker. You’d best learn the official lingo.” “You mean slave, in plain English?” “They’re sending you to serve the First Lady.” “The who?” “Does your ignorance know no bounds? Mattricia Malenkovich, the President’s wife. She lives in the Highlands, in a palace overlooking the sea. Rumor is, the President is banished from the property. Harden yourself, lass. It’s said that the First Lady is quite the stern mistress.”