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'Well?' said one of them. 'I think I've seen him walking around the city. So? He's just a watchman, Edward.'
'Of course. It is essential that he should be. A humble station in life. It all fits the classic p-attern.' Edward d'Eath gave a signal. There was a click as another glass slide was slotted in. 'This one was not p-ainted from life. King P-paragore. Taken 'Yes, Mr Edward.'
Click!
'And this is a rather good – well done, Bl-enkin – image of the bust of Queen Coanna.'
'Thank you, Mr Edward.'from an old p-ainting. This one' – click! - 'is King Veltrick III. From another p-portrait. This one is Queen Alguinna IV . . . note the line of the chin? This one' – click! —'is a sevenpenny p-iece from the reign of Webblethorpe the Unconscious, note again the detail of the chin and general b-bone structure, and this' – click! - 'is. . .an upside d-own picture of a vase of flowers. D-elphiniums, I believe. Why is this?''Er, sorry, Mr Edward, I 'ad a few glass plates left and the demons weren't tired and—''Next slide, please. And then you may leave us.''Yes, Mr Edward.''Report to the d-uty torturer.'
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