Enoch pulled the hood back from his head and said, “What was really magnificent about that entrance, Jack, was that, until the moment you rose up out of the pool all covered in phosphorus, you were invisible—you just seemed to materialize, weapon in hand, with that Dwarf-cap, shouting in a language no one understands. Have you considered a career in the theatre?” Jack was still too puzzled to take umbrage at this. “Who, or what, were those—?” “Wealthy gentlefolk who, until just moments ago, were thinking of buying Kuxen from Doctor Leibniz.” “But—their freakish attire, their bizarre
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