On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, David Silberstein wrote: > On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, roger n. tospott wrote: > > >Raellew at aol.com writes: > > A minor spoiler: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Yeah, especially since Brimford clearly has two familiars. > > I also noticed, on looking for something else, that in /Yendi/, > Morrolan claims that he's never met Zerika's Easterner lover. > > Hmph. I claim there's a small but non-neglible chance that Zerika's Eastern lover isn't Brimford - the possiblity has been discussed here. While I'm thinking about _TLoCB_, I note that "paying the shot" appears again - I was a bit mystified when Teldra said this in _Issola_. Is this regional or standard English I just never met?