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straightforward and practical, and only disapproved of by barbershop quartets.**) (** Because you feel an idiot singing 'In hours of daylight left.'
Teppic nodded.
'Thank you,' said the architect. 'May your loins be truly fruitful. Saving your presence, Lord Dios.'
They heard him running down the steps outside.the Good Old Inundation', that's why.) 'What?' 'You are talking to the 1,398th monarch,' said Dios icily. Ptaclusp swallowed. 'I'm sorry,' he whispered, 'I mean, what?, O great king. I mean, block haulage alone will take. Uh.' The architect's lips trembled as he tried out various comments and, in his imagination, ran them full tilt into Dios's stare. 'Tsort wasn't built in a day,' he mumbled. 'We do not believe we laid the specifications for that job,' said Dios. He gave Ptaclusp a smile. In some ways it was worse than everything else. 'We will, of course,' he said, 'pay extra.' 'But you never pa-' Ptaclusp began, and then sagged. 'The penalties for not completing on time will, of course, be terrible,' said Dios. 'The usual clause.' Ptaclusp hadn't the nerve left to argue. 'Of course,' he said, utterly defeated. 'It is an honour. Will your eminences excuse me? There are still some
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