"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
In John Maddox Roberts' ancient mystery "The Temple of the Muses" King Ptolemy XI of Egypt, sober for once, gives Maddox's protagonist, Roman Senator Decius Caecilius Metellus, permissiion to investigate a murder of a philosopher in the Museum of Alexandria. Ptolemy asks him why he wants to investigate, and when Decius gives a vague answer, the king says "You mean it's your hobby?"
After Decius says yes. Ptolemy says "Every nman should have a hobby. Remind me to tell you about the Satrap of the Arsinoite Nome and his crocodiles."
What happens when someone asks him to cut the deck?
ReplyDeleteOne might want to avoid playing cut-throat poker with this guy.
ReplyDeleteIn John Maddox Roberts' ancient mystery "The Temple of the Muses" King Ptolemy XI of Egypt, sober for once, gives Maddox's protagonist, Roman Senator Decius Caecilius Metellus, permissiion to investigate a murder of a philosopher in the Museum of Alexandria. Ptolemy asks him why he wants to investigate, and when Decius gives a vague answer, the king says "You mean it's your hobby?"
ReplyDeleteAfter Decius says yes. Ptolemy says "Every nman should have a hobby. Remind me to tell you about the Satrap of the Arsinoite Nome and his crocodiles."
Michael: Great series, by the way.
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