Charles Hans Vogt: Magier
Quotes
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Sultan : You have the audacity to tell me that the sun comes up earlier in the neighboring country of sultan Wasil Husain than in mine?
Magier : ...since it lies to the east, yes.
Sultan : Get out of my sight! And don't come back until the sun decides differently.
[to the ramudschins:]
Sultan : I counted the slaves in the bath today. There were only 31! I'm not going to have to dry myself, am I?
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Magier : At no time before did the stars favor war! The victory is ours! And which bounty: wherever I'd looked the foe is retreating, the rich Wasil Husain lies in the dust before our exhalted Sultan and cries for mercy! Endless caravans are loaded with treasures we've got from our enemies!
Amarza : Your sleeve is burning, wise magician!
Magier : Oh!
[he smotheres the flame]
Magier : That doesn't mean anything.
