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"Brethren!" he shouted, getting tired of waiting "And sistren!" The hubbub died away A few flakes of dry and cru "Thank you" said Ridcully "Now, can you please listen? My colleagues and I," - and here he indicated the senior clergy behind hi for soically sound Can we please get on?" He could still sense the annoyance a led "If we don't try this," he tried, "the godless wizards inses ill look"

"This is all very well, hut the fors is important!" snapped a priest "We can't all pray at once! You know the gods don't like ecumenicalism! And what form of words e use, pray?"

"I would have felt that a short non-controversial-" Hughnon Ridcully paused In front of hi broccoli, priests who required unirls to cover their ears lest they inflame the passions of other men, and priests orshipped a s was non-controversial "You see, it does appear that the world is going to end" he said weakly

"Well? So that for soement on mankind for its wickedness!"

"Arid broccoli!"

"And the short haircuts girls are wearing today!"

"Only the biscuits will be saved!" Ridcully waved his crozier frantically for silence "But this isn't the wrath of the gods" he said "I did tell you! It's the work of a od!"

"It's Cohen the Barbarian" said Ridcully "Even so, he ed by the priest next to hi on " There was a roar of excited conversation There were few te life of adventuring, and the priests soon agreed that no god ever had anything in his hand that looked like Cohen the Barbarian Hughnon turned his eyes up to the ceiling, with its beautiful but decrepit panoraods, he decided "Very well," said one of the objectors, haughtily "In that case I think perhaps we could, in these special circuet around a table just this once"

"Ah, that is a good-" Ridcully began "But of course ill need to give sooing to be" Ridcully looked blank for a e as he leaned down to one of his sub-deacons and said, "Scallop, please have so, will you? I think this is going to take a little while " The central spire of Con Celesti seeht in the head?"" said Evil Harry, as he helped Boy Willie manoeuvre Hamish's wheelchair over the ice "'ere, are you tryin" to spread discontent a the troops, Harry?"

"Well, I did warn you Will, I aot to keep in practice And we're following a leader who keeps forgetting where he put his false teeth"

"Whut?" said Mad Haods could cause trouble" said Evil Harry "It's a bit disrespectful"

"You must've defiled a few temples in your time, Harry?"

"I ran 'em Will I ran 'em I was a Mad Demon Lord for a while, you know I had a Temple of Terror"

"Yes, on your allotht, rub it in," said Harry sulkily "Just because I was never in the big league, just because-"

"No, Harry, you knoe don't think like that We respected you You knew the Code You kept the faith Well Cohen just reckons the gods've got it coh ground ahead" Evil Harry peered along the snowy canyon "There's soic path leads up the mountain" Willie went on "But there's a et there"