Is the most typical representation of Santa Claus " said Con cordance. "So numinous and so well publicized has this originally North American figure become that he is rapidly replacing the other gift-givers in most parts of the Human Polity..

Of a legend over the years—like an oracle you might say. 1 want to ask her what makes her think I've been trying to get you in trouble. " Holt scrutinized Warden hard. The uncertainty of his aura suggested that he felt the threat in Warden's request but couldn't identify it. After only a moment however his expression cleared and he laughed acidly. "You.
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Witches sorcerers and all those who were reputed to work magic to the gallows and Emelius if he made a slip or an enemy might at any moment be delivered by an unsatisfied client to a very tight and uncomfortable end. He would have got out of the business if he dared but all the money of his patrimony had been dispensed in learning magic and he was not a strong enough character to start afresh. In the year 1666 Emelius at thirty-five had become old before his time old and thin and terribly nervous. He would jump if a mouse squeaked turn pale at a moonbeam tremble at his servant's knock. If he heard a footstep on the stairs he would immediately begin a little spell something he knew by heart so that his clients might be impressed as they entered by his practice of magic. He had also to be ready to sit down at the clavichord in case it.
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