Juan Gris The Guitar 1918

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'Be seated. Rising so soon after meals can be bad for the digestion,' said the Emperor, and the guards nodded agreement. 'Besides, there are no urgent matters of state unless you refer to those in the small red bottle marked "sword.
A moment later the soul of the Vizier got up from the mat and looked Mort up and down.
'Who are you, barbarian?' he snapped.
DEATH.
'Not my Death,'said the Vizier firmly. 'Where's the Black Celestial Dragon of Antidote" in the black lacquered cabinet on the bamboo rug in your quarters, O Lamp of Midnight Oil.'There was a ringing in the Vizier's ears. His face began to go blue.'You see?' said the Emperor. 'Untimely activity on a heavy stomach is conducive to ill humours. May this message go swiftly to all corners of my country, that all men may know of your unfortunate condition and derive instruction thereby.''I . . . must . . . congratulate your . . . Personage on such . . . consideration,' said the Vizier, and fell forward into a dish of boiled soft-shelled crabs.'I had an excellent teacher,' said the Emperor.ABOUT TIME, TOO, said Mort, and swung the