Debt of Ages
“They cleared away the remains of a meal that bore little resemblance to Sarnac's recollections of Greek cuisine (except perhaps for the prevalence of olive oil) and withdrew, leaving their kindly but mysterious master alone with his guests.Koreel activated the device that would safeguard them against eavesdropping. Then he settled back with a sigh and poured more wine all around—not retsina, to Sarnac's relief."So," Tylar asked Andreas, "his health seems to be getting steadily worse since he re...stored Acacius to the Patriarchate? I fear the Western clergy will see that as divine justice!""Well," the young transtemporal voyager replied, "the deterioration hasn't really been steady. But the trend is downhill. Nevertheless, nobody thinks his life is in any immediate danger, and there's been no talk of recalling Ecdicius from the Danube.""Given what passes for medical science here, that's not too reassuring," Sarnac said dourly. "A turn for the worse could kill him in no time.""That's true," Andreas acknowledged.MoreLess
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