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'Why can't he have it?'
Spelter's mouth dropped open. This was too much, even for him.
Carding smiled at him amiably.
'But theof speaking.'
'In a manner of speaking?'
Carding got up and gathered his skirts around him. 'I think,' he said, 'that you have a great deal to learn. By the way, where is that hat?'
'I don't know,' said Spelter, who was still quite shaken.
'Somewhere in, um, Virrid's apartments, I suppose.' hat-‘ 'It's just a symbol,' said Carding. 'It's nothing special. If he wants it, he can have it. It's a small enough thing. Just a symbol, nothing more. A figurehat.''Figurehat?''Worn by a figurehead.''But the gods choose the Archchancellor!'Carding raised an eyebrow. 'Do they?' he said, and coughed.'Well, yes, I suppose they do. In a manner
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