Everything on the surface appeared to be just as it ought to be. And yet Constantin Demiris still felt that vague sense of unease, a presentiment of trouble.

This is an aspic's trail: and these fig-leaves / Have slime upon them, such as the aspic leaves.

On horseback he looked like the ruler of a continent. Obviously he took great pains with appearance—riding boots aglitter, near-shoulder-length hair tonsorially styled […]

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