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The eyes flickered as thethe Repository is as good as dead, right?’ He s back to face hishis wet clothes ‘I believe I’ve caught a chill’

‘The canal is notoriously noxious-’

‘No, froed to successfully shore up the foundations-’

‘Already? Why, that’s extraordinary’

‘It is, isn’t it? In any case, it’s chilly in those tunnels… now’

‘Dare I ask?’

Bugg stood naked, eyes on the faint stars overhead ‘Best not, ?’

‘Well, that’s whereat the e course beneath it Rather than fight it, we’re installing a fired-clay conduit-’

‘A sewage pipe’

‘In the trade, it’s a fired-clay conduit’

‘Sorry’

‘Which we’ll then pack with gravel I don’t knohy Grum didn’t do that in the first place, but it’s his loss and our gain’

‘Are you dry yet, Bugg? Please say you’re dry Look at our guard here, he’s horrified Speechless’

‘I can tell, and I apologize’

‘I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many scars on one person,’ Tehol said ‘What do you do in your spare tiry cacti?’