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W. Empire pod UK.com. Hello and

and me William Duran. Anita Arnan.

And me, William Durable.

Now what are you doing?

Take a place?

Well, I have.

I do, but it's pointless okay. It was really I'm

anyway you're in India I'm here maybe let's just say that it's a time lag

difference it isn't it's Okay, so look last time we left these

wonderful people, our listeners we had concluded the very, very dramatic fall of

Constantinople which you were fabulous in may I say and we are now heading to

another turn of epoch but we should sort of fill in the gap a little bit because

we're going to be talking about an extraordinary man with an extraordinary man.

Don't give away, don't give away the suspense, don't you dare mention our guest yet.

You always blow the drama right at the beginning.

I thought we're talking about Sala with the magnificent.

Yeah, we can say that. But our special guest, we need commensurate drama.

Don't say it.

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