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‘That’s a rather disgusting i, dear servant There’s nothing inherently disgusting about drool’ He paused, then said, ‘All right, maybe there is However, do we have to talk about sex? That subject ic’

‘Errant forbid’

‘So, where is she?’

‘In a brothel’

‘Oh, now that’s really pathetic’

‘More like a newly acquired raging addiction, ets’

They crossed Turol Avenue and made their way into the Prostitutes’ District The downpour was di overhead ‘Well,’ Tehol commented, ‘that is not a desirable condition for one of my most valued employees Especially since her addiction doesn’t include her handso tellsin a corner back there, not Ublala’

‘Itto , you told ht Sorry’

‘Now I’ If the trend continues, by dusk I’ll be swis of coins around my neck’

‘Here we are’

They stood before a narrow, three-storey tene a few centuries older than anything else on the street The front facing held a carved facade around two square, inset columns of dusty blue marble Decidedly fe in a y, crowded the panels, and atop the coluh and inviting

Tehol turned to Bugg ‘This is the Temple She’s in the Temple?’

‘Does that surprise you?’

‘I can’t even afford to step across the threshold Even Queen Janall frequents this place but a few times a year Annual membership dues are a thousand docks… I’ve heard… it rumoured From someone, once’

‘Matron Delisp is probably very pleased with her newest property’