Addendum Three moons later, this manuscript is on its way to the printers. It is not intended for mass distribution, but I do intend to finance the production of some few copies, for addition to those Libraries — no! I mean libraries, the ordinary kind — that might benefit from its contents in years to come. My wound has healed and I am once again hale. But I have a scar the shape of a crescent moon marring the flesh above my right hip, which sounds a bit lovely but I assure you it is not. It is unsightly in the extreme, and I have therefore made my peace with never forgiving Limbane so long as I live. We returned to a water-ruined headquarters and a mess of wedding plans left partially completed. The former was resolved by the simple expedient of paying lots of other people to make the

