“Absolutely.”
“So, it is agreed zen. Ven shall I tell Egon to be expecting you?”
“Probably a couple of days, My Lord, but I'll call ahead and give you plenty of notice if that's alright.”
“Excellent. I shall haf Egon prepare some rooms for you and your colleagues.”
“That's very kind of you, Sir.”
“Not at all. Sink nussing of it. And now I must go. I'm helping vun off my staff members recuperate from a hop operation.”
“Don't you mean a hip operation, My Lord?”
“No. I had vun off his legs removed. Farevell.”
* * *
Two days, four hospital visits, and thirty seven explosions (one of which made a tourist in Budapest say to his friend, “Did you feel that?”) later, Crumble proudly announced that all was ready for them to travel to Jocular's castle to proceed with the full scale version o
