Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn
From: djb6@ellis.uchicago.edu (Dennis Brennan)
Subject: Karl: [inn]  Many happy returns...
Message-ID: <1993Jan9.203250.18798@midway.uchicago.edu>
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 20:32:50 GMT

If Littlefair had kept track of such things, he might have felt no small flush
of success as the door of the Dragon's Inn opened for exactly the two hundred
thousandth time to admit a stout, balding, one-legged man.

"Karl!"  called some of the regulars in greeting.

Grinning like a youth who had caught the eye of a pretty lass, Karl knew
that once again he was among his own.  Removing his heavy cloak (for the
wind had been still chilly outside, and the snowstorm showed no signs of 
letting up), he folded it to make a cushion and placed it on his usual
chair before settling down on it.

"Gentlemen," he began, "and ladies," as he scanned the clientele without
avail in the hope of locating Serene and ordering a spot of hot tea, "it's
good to be back among civilised people."  With this preface he launched
into a colorful and animated account of the adventures that he and his 
companions shared in Rameshan. 

-- 
Dennis Brennan
djb6@midway.uchicago.edu