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   From: jaimie@sometimes.sessile.org   
      
   On 02 Oct 2008 07:45:43 GMT, "Dan Goodman"  wrote:   
   >J. Clarke wrote:   
   >   
   >> The story was that an   
   >> extraterrestrial ambassador, who was more or less a centaur in   
   >> general conformation, was to be presented at the Court of Saint   
   >> James, and, per his people's custom, needed to be attired in clothing   
   >> made on the planet he was visiting.  An elderly tailor was   
   >> approached, with instructions from the government to create a "horse   
   >> blanket".  He refused, and came up with something much more suitable,   
   >> by which action humanity passed a test.   
   >>   
   >> Does anybody remember the author of that one or the title of the   
   >> collection in which it was published?   
   >   
   >Title: Custom Fitting   
   >Author: James White   
      
   I've never heard of this story, but reading the description it struck   
   me as quite a James White sort of idea. Splendid!   
      
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