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Ptolemy's Gate

“Pardon me, Highness, a women waits whithout."
"Whithout what?”

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“He was a worried man (I'm stretching the term a bit here, I know. By now, in his mid to late teens, he might just about have passed for a man. When seen from behind. At a distance. On a very dark night).”

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“The Hermit was known to be pretty sniffy about disciples who returned in failure. There was a wall of the institute layered with their skins- an ingenious display that encouraged vigor in his students, as well as nicely keeping out the drafts.”

Jonathan Stroud book Ptolemy's Gate

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“Burned and squashed to death in a silver vat of soup. There must be worst ways to go. But not many.”

Jonathan Stroud book Ptolemy's Gate

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“The mercenary finished his coffee in a single gulp, It must have been piping hot, too. Boy, he was tough.”

Jonathan Stroud book Ptolemy's Gate

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