Chapter 14‘Do you still think he’s not human?’ Privv said, taunting. Leck did not reply.
‘Very wise, no answer,’ Privv went on. ‘It strikes me he’s all too human.’
‘You’re a fool, Privv,’ Leck said witheringly.
‘And you’re still sour because he gave you the creeps the first time you met him,’ Privv replied with airy contempt as he swung his feet up on to his desk and began chewing his thumbnail with relish.
‘Your funeral,’ Leck commented coldly. ‘It’s no fur off my tail what happens to humanity. In fact, it could be quite entertaining.’
Privv felt generous. ‘Come on, don’t be such a misery. He’s just odd, that’s all. We never meet church people normally. You’re not used to them. They must all be a bit strange, to go on believing in Ishryth and the Santyth once they’ve grown up. All we
