>> >Derek looked at Sloan and then back to James. "What house did you work >with," he asked, "and why did you leave." This was something of great >concern to him. This was not the usual way to go about joining and most who >left were rarely accepted back, assuming he really had been involved in the >past to begin with. > >
"I worked with the London House and the one in Kyoto. I have also worked with this house for a short time. As for why I left...to be honest, I had other things that were intruding on my time. I had to see to them so I left until things were in a place where I could return."
