Loren Smith |
Personal Profile: |
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Relationship: A close and intimate friend. |
Shock Wave (59) |
Eye Color: Violet. |
Vixen 03 (5) |
Hair: Cinnamon. |
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Height: Slightly over 5'8". |
Deep Six (22) |
Has prominent cheekbones. |
Deep Six (15) |
Has a husky voice. |
Vixen 03 (1) |
Elegant as a lynx and daring as a tomboy. |
Dragon (24) |
Grows up on a ranch in Colorado. |
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Graduates from the University of Colorado. |
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Occupation: Congresswoman representing Colorado, Seventh District. |
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Respected for her political cunning, she carries a great degree of clout in the house. |
Dragon (24) |
Ward robe trademark: Wears an outfit with matching briefcase. |
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Dirk Pitt refers to her briefcase as a crutch. |
Deep Six (40) |
Keeps a box of cigars in her office for her male visitors. |
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Serves on various committees including: |
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Participaton in congressional investigations/hearings include: |
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Meets Dirk Pitt at Washington cocktail party. They leave the party and he takes her for a hundred-mile-an-hour ride down Chesapeake Bay in a hydrofoil racing boat. |
Vixen 03 (1) |
She is also seeing Phil Sawyer, the President's press secretary. He proposes and she initially accepts, but changes her mind. |
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Dirk Pitt introducers her to St. Julien Perlmutter at his carriage house. |
Deep Six (15) |
Owns a townhouse in Alexandria, Virginia. |
Inca Gold (26) |
Has a cat named Ichabod. |
Vixen 03 (1) |
Owns a Chrysler 300M. |
Atlantis Found (25) |
When time permits, she picks up Dirk Pitt at the airport in one of his collector cars. Her general greeting is "Welcome home sailor." She has arrived in the following: |
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She has driven the 1953 Allard J2X sports car in vintage sport races. |
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Likes to paint landscapes. |
Trojan Odyssey (41) |
Jogs and takes ballet classes four hours a week. |
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Often goes running with Dirk Pitt. |
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Her Relationship with Dirk Pitt: |
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They get together when it is convenient. |
Vixen 03 (1) |
The sea is Dirk Pitt's mistress and Congress is Loren Smith's life. |
Deep Six (15) |
While they often go their own ways when it comes to seeing other men and women, she realizes that she really loves him. |
Dragon (74) |
The subject of marriage comes up, but she declines Pitt's proposal. |
Inca Gold (32, 62) |
Giordino's describes their relationship as being like express trains racing along parallel tracks, occasionally meeting in stations but eventually heading for different destinations. |
Inca Gold (60) |
The ghost of Summer hangs over their relationship. |
Inca Gold (60) |
Loren has reconsidered his proposal. Pitt claims to have second thoughts but will give the idea some thought. |
Atlantis Found (Final Blessing) |
Even though they have discussed marriage in the past, the ghost of Summer still hangs over their relationship; Loren suggests they should go on as before. |
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Dirk Pitt asks for her hand in marriage and she accepts. |
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They get married in the Washington National Cathedral on October 11, 2006. |
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She wears her mother's 1950s-vintage wedding gown (a combination of white lace and satin), and Dirk Pitt wears a |
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Her wedding ring is a 3-carat ruby surrounded by small emeralds. |
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Al Giordino drives the newlyweds in the Marmon V-16 to the hangar where the wedding reception is being held. |
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Dirk Pitt has chartered a small yacht in Greece and they will sail around the Mediterranean for their honeymoon. |
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