The Potter of Firsk And Other Stories
“Nonsense! Encourage it, foster it, sponsor it. The world owes Evil a debt beyond imagination. Think! Without greed ambition falters. Without vanity art becomes idle musing. Without cruelty benevolence lapses to passivity. Superstition has shamed man into self-reliance and, without stupidity, where would be the savor of superior understanding?
—Magnus Ridolph Magnus Ridolph lay on a deck-chair, a green and orange umbrella bearing the brunt of the African sunlight. The table beside him support...ed a smouldering cigar, Shemmlers News Discussions turned face downward, a glass containing ice and a squeezed half-lime. In short, a picture of relaxation, idyllic peace…The transgraph clanged from within.
After a restless interval Magnus Ridolph arose, entered the apartment, took the message from the rack. It read: Dear Magnus, My chef’s report on tomorrow’s dinner—broiled grouse with truffles and compote of Marchisand cherries, Queen Persis salad, Sirius Fifth artichokes. A subsidiary report of my own—wines from three planets, including an incredible Fragence claret, a final course of canned sardines.MoreLess
—Magnus Ridolph Magnus Ridolph lay on a deck-chair, a green and orange umbrella bearing the brunt of the African sunlight. The table beside him support...ed a smouldering cigar, Shemmlers News Discussions turned face downward, a glass containing ice and a squeezed half-lime. In short, a picture of relaxation, idyllic peace…The transgraph clanged from within.
After a restless interval Magnus Ridolph arose, entered the apartment, took the message from the rack. It read: Dear Magnus, My chef’s report on tomorrow’s dinner—broiled grouse with truffles and compote of Marchisand cherries, Queen Persis salad, Sirius Fifth artichokes. A subsidiary report of my own—wines from three planets, including an incredible Fragence claret, a final course of canned sardines.MoreLess
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