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~Just ahead of Episode Fifteen of The Quest of the Sacred Slipper, I rise on a point of personal privilege: as the control-freak regulators of Ofcom et al tighten their grip, and the glory days of the wild and free decentralised Internet of yore recede ever further into the past, I want to thank all of you who keep this l'il ol' mom'n'pop website and its various activities as part of your daily routine. It means a lot.
In tonight's episode, our protagonist is taking elaborate measures to stay one step ahead of the murderous Mohammedans:
"You ought to be safe enough here, Mr. Cavanagh!" he said.
"I ought to be safe enough in my own chambers," I replied wearily. "How many of these pleasure-seeking folk would believe that a man can be as greatly in peril of his life in Fleet Street as in the most uncivilized spot upon the world map? Do you think if I told that prosperous New Yorker who is buying a cigar yonder, for instance, that I had been driven from my chambers by a band of Eastern assassins founded some time in the eleventh century, he would believe it?"
"I am certain he wouldn't!" replied Bristol. "I should not have credited it myself before I was put in charge of this damnable case."
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I'll see you back here tomorrow for Episode Sixteen of The Quest of the Sacred Slipper.
