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 : That Artemis is always discovering something new to help her make capital out of her skill as a go-between. But anyhow, when you couldn’t buy them both you should have asked who ordered the other one.


 * I begged him to tell me but he swore he wouldn’t, that’s how much he thought of me, Metro dear.


 * You mean that I must go and find Artemis now to learn who the Kerdon is—good-bye Koritto. He (my husband) is hungry by now, so it’s time I was going.


 * (To the slave girl) Close the doors, there, chicken keeper, and count the chickens to see if they’re all there; throw them some grain, too, for the chicken thieves will steal them out of one’s very lap. Rh