Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Theodore Chasseriau Apollo and Daphne

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single silver thread of his thoughts, he could feel them all there. Everything he’d ever read, everything he’d ever seen, everything he’d ever heard. All there, ranged in ranks. Nothing forgotten. Everything in its place.
Three inexplicable phenomena in one day. Four, if you included the fact of his continued existence. That was really thing, anyway?’ said the Dean, inspecting the implement in his hands.
‘It’s called a shovel, ‘ said the Senior Wrangler.’I’ve seen the gardeners use them. You stick the sharp end in the ground. Then it gets a bit technical.’ Ridcully squinted through the keyhole.
‘He’s lying down again,’ he said. He got up, brushing inexplicable. It needed explicating.Well, that was someone else’s problem. Everything was someone else’s problem now.The wizards crouched outside the door of Windle’s room.‘Got everything?’ said Ridcully.‘Why can’t we get some of the servants to do it?’ muttered the Senior Wrangler.’It’s undignified.’‘Because I want it done properly and with dignity,’ snapped she Archchancellor. ‘If anyone’s going tobury a wizard at a crossroads with a stake hammered through him, then wizards ought to do it. After all, we’re his friends.’ ‘What is this

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