“While we were gone someone broke into my case and stole most of my things.” The news seemed to drive Skorlet… — Jack Vance
“While we were gone someone broke into my case and stole most of my things.”
The news seemed to drive Skorlet close to the limits of self-control. “And what do you expect?” she snapped in an unpleasantly harsh voice. “This is an egalistic country; why should you have more than anyone else?”
“I have been over-egalized,” said Jantiff drily. “To the effect that I now have less than anyone else.”
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