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           "Businessdistrictsomewhere,"saidVimesshortly.Errol’sprogresswasslowingabit.Hekeptlookingupandwhining.

           "Can’tseeadamnthingaboveusinthefog,"hesaid."Iwonderif-"

           Thefog,asifinacknowledgement,litup.Aheadofthemitblossomedlikeachrysanthemumandmadeanoiselike"whoomph".

           "Oh,no,"moanedVimes."Notagain!"

           "Likeapea-souper,onlymuchthicker,fishier,andwiththingsinityou’dprobablyrathernotknowabout.

           "AretheCupsofIntegritywellandtrulysuffused?"intonedBrotherWatchtower.

           "Aye,suffusedfullwell."

           "TheWatersoftheWorld,aretheyAbjured?"

           "Yea,abjuredfullmightily."

           "HavetheDemonsofInfinitybeenboundwithmanychains?"

           "Damn,"saidBrotherPlasterer,"there’salwayssomething."

           BrotherWatchtowersagged."Justonceitwouldbeniceifwecouldgettheancientandtimelessritualsright,wouldn’tit.You’dbettergetonwithit."

           "Wouldn’titbequicker,BrotherWatchtower,ifIjustdidittwicenexttime?"saidBrotherPlasterer.

           BrotherWatchtowergavethissomegrudgingconsideration.Itseemedreasonable.

           "Allright,"hesaid."Nowgetbackdowntherewiththeothers.AndyoushouldcallmeActingSupremeGrandMaster,understand?"

           Thisdidnotmeetwithwhatheconsideredtobeaproperanddignifiedreceptionamongthebrethren.

           "No-onesaidanythingtousaboutyoubeingActingSupremeGrandMaster,"mutteredBrotherDoorkeeper.