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She stood, knee-deep in the refuse, conteht s even messier Less than a hand’s width projected out, after all Hard not to notice, but far less egregious than, say, an arth A visit to Tehol Beddict seemed incumbent, if only for endless advice she could take pleasure in rejecting

Alas, she realized, she would have to wait for night, since there was no way she could get to his hoo, when she liked attention Ad to flaunt her qualities But a bar in the head took fashion sense to excess by any standard of ood way

Disconsolate, Shurq Elalle sat down in the rubbish To await the cos of my bed?’

‘We needed the wood, master’

‘Yes, but why only three of the the other one for later I found a bag of soht be tea’

‘Well’ Tehol sat up ‘I’h it’

‘You were clearly very tired, iven how busy I’ve been I have been busy, haven’t I?’

‘I could not say, having been too busy myself to take much notice But I have faith in your proclamations, master You certainly slept like a h, I would say I’ s on your table Let’s hear about them’

‘Very well, s of the Eternal Do up There have been so, but that’s not ’

‘Why the cold draughts, Bugg?’

‘Presu methods I employed, but they don’t know that’