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did the old man in is still around
and causing all this trouble, he'll be found,
by golly, and I'll show the wretch no pity.
[TO COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN]
/here appoint you head of a committee
to find the killer of Labdakides.

COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN: Thanks a lot.

TALIPED: The rest of you will please
continue to function as committee-members.
[TO BROTHER-IN-LAW]
So how'd he die, and when?

BROTHER-IN-LAW: Nine Septembers
ago, I think, or ten --no, it was nine - -
Labdakides --a relative of mine,
I might add --

TALIPED: Everybody is, it seems.

COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN: [Aside]
Not everyone: just deans and wives of deans.

BROTHER-IN-LAW: In any case, the Dean had been invited
to head up a symposium; this delighted
him: he loved to speak in distant places,
eat and drink for free, and see new faces;
no matter what the subject or how rough
the journey, if the fee was high enough,
he'd go.