title: Adele: The Biography (Updated Edition)
author:  Chas Newkey-Burden 
description: Chas Newkey-Burden is a celebrity biographer whose works include Amy Winehouse: The Biography 1983-2011, Justin Bieber: The Unauthorized Biography, Michael Jackson: Legend, Paris Hilton: Life on the Edge, and Stephenie Meyer: Queen of Twilight.
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  # EPILOGUE:  
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  Barnes and Dasi, hired to bring Adele's personal gear from Har-  
  bor Three, walked ahead of her like a noble's retainers. They were joking with
  one another and whistling, either man able to carry both duffle bags without
  noticing the weight. Civilians watched them curiously: this wasn't a district
  that saw many of their sort.
  
  Woetjans and Pasternak both had offered Adele a real escort, as many spacers
  as she wanted from the crew of Frigate _204_ renamed _Little Sis_ while in
  RCN service. She'd refused. Adele had an increasing disdain for empty state,
  and to appear with forty or more servants would be making a boast to her
  neighbors that the reality of her purse couldn't live up to.
  
  "I was a fool to ask for this house back," Adele said to Tovera beside her. "I
  can't afford basic maintenance, let alone the kind of staff it requires to be
  run properly."
  
  Tovera shrugged nonco