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Any man who’d cook that… eel had surely earned eternal celibacy

Outside the restaurant, Bugg paused to check the contents of his shirt’s many hidden pockets Flask, eel, cat bones A successful , after all Moreover, he was appreciative of her perforht well and truly like this one, I thinkIt orth considering

He stood for a h

In any case, time to head home

Tehol Beddict studied the three sad, pathetic women positioned variously in the chamber before hi dull and s on disco almost to the floor; and Hejun, sprawled in a padded chair, refilling her pipe’s bowl, her face looking sickly and wan ‘My,’ Tehol said with a sigh, his hands on his hips, ‘this is a tragic scene indeed’

Shand looked up, bleary-eyed ‘Oh, it’s you’

‘Hardly the greeting I was anticipating’ He strode into the roo as she jabbed a taper into the coals of the three-legged brazier at her side ‘And it’s Shand’s fault’

‘As et Rissarh! "Oh, Ublala! Carry me around! Carry me around!" Talk about excess!’

‘Ublala’s departure is the cause for all this despond?’ Tehol shook his head ‘My dears, you did indeed drive hireat pleasure, ‘Because none of you illing toobjectification Atrocious behaviour by each and every one of you’

‘All right all right, Tehol,’ Shand muttered ‘We could have been more… compassionate’

‘Respectful,’ Rissarh said

‘Yes,’ Hejun said ‘How could one not respect Ublala’s-’

‘See?’ Tehol de up his hands ‘I am led to despair!’

‘You’ll have company here,’ Shand said

‘He was to have been your bodyguard That was the intent Instead, you abused him-’

‘No we didn’t!’ Hejun snapped ‘Well, only a little All in good fun, anyway’

‘And now I have to find you a new bodyguard’

‘Oh no you don’t,’ Shand said, sitting straighter ‘Don’t even think it We’ve been corrupted enough-’