Popular men who laugh at your jokes pose a threat which blatant villains can never command. - Lindsey Davis

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The plumber plodded along in silence, like a man who has learned to be polite to lunatics through dealing with civil engineers.

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'How old now?'
'Thirty. Downhill to the dark boat across the Styx. Probably be sick over the side in Charon's ferry too…'

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Have any sheep been seen walking out of the Library with seagoing adventurers clinging to their wool?

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