![]() ![]() Strikingly sensuous and sultry, they had an ethereal, untouchable goddess quality about them. They were bejeweled in a glittering display of comparable diamond chokers, earrings, and bracelets. Sitting in a semicircle in the box, they radiated like yellow, blue, green, and red sapphires. Their long, shimmering silk gowns with dyed fox trim were identical except for color. It's best to make an appearance occasionally to let them know we're not extraterrestrial aliens bent on secretly controlling the country." "Because, dear sister, if we didn't display the family on different occasions, the government and the public might begin to think of us as a gigantic conspiracy wrapped in an enigma. They stared as if they belonged to a panther gazing over the grasslands in search of prey. When he turned and spoke to his siblings, he smiled, flashing brilliantly white teeth framed by a friendly mouth that found it impossible to turn down in a grimace. "Can you tell us what it is?" asked Geli. ![]() If I didn't know better, Admiral, I'd say you were talking about Atlantis."Īll four women turned from the opera and looked at him with controlled trepidation. "An unknown ancient civilization wiped out by a great catastrophe. "Archaeologists won't be overjoyed to rewrite the book on prehistoric civilizations." ![]() Every eye in the opera house, every pair of binoculars, every pair of opera glasses automatically turned and focused on the people entering the box. Unseen outside the curtains, two bodyguards stood alert and fashionably dressed in tuxedos. You go ahead, and I'll catch up later."Ī few seconds before the houselights dimmed, a party of one man and four women flowed unobtrusively into the remaining empty box and sat in the maroon velvet chairs. I've reserved a private room at the Plaza Grill for a little after-show dinner. "My dear sisters, an emergency has come up. He stiffened in his chair, the smile vanished, and his facial expression turned grave. The curtain for Act III had just risen when one of the bodyguards entered from the rear hall and whispered in Wolf's ear. They ignored the stares of the audience, who were torn between observing the elusive Wolf family and the singing and acting on stage. Everyone, from the newest born to the most recently wed, carried the name of Wolf, whether male or female. Strangely, they all took up the family name. The men who married the women in the family seemed to have come from nowhere and had no history. No one, not even celebrities and high government officials, had ever cracked the Wolf family shell. There were no friendships with outsiders. Except for Karl, who made a show of openness, the family remained low-profile and reclusive, and was a great mystery to Argentineans. The Wolf women almost never made their presence known in the exclusive stores and boutiques around Buenos Aires. But the Wolf family dynasty, consisting of, incredibly, over two hundred members, was seldom seen at fashionable restaurants or high-society functions. ![]() He was sophisticated, confident, and prosperous, and yet he and the other members of his family lived frugally, considering their vast fortune. Wolf and others of his family easily could have slipped into the new Argentine celebrity society. ![]()
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