the Unco Operative

"Don't you 'now, now, now' me!" said the Priestess. "Even the atheists know that the altar of Sis is reserved for women, girls, ladies, lassies and gals. Now, unless you can tell me that your gonads were ripped out by a ten-tentacled suitsucker in the Mid-farland ranges, you ain't coming near the altar!"

"Ain't isn't a word!" said Fred.

"Don't you be changning the subject! and it is too!" replied the Priestess. "Just ask Gavriela."

"Who's she?"

"Why, none other than the learned Doctor of Linguistics! Don't they teach you anything in guard school?"

"Hey," growled the Bodyguard. "Low blow! They teach me lots of things, but there is one thing I'd like to know..."

"Yes?"

"Why do they call you the Unco Operative?"

1. the tale of the Unco Operative revealed...
2. suddenly Doctor Gavriela, Ph.d. came by and began to explain the proper use of the gerund to the Bodyguard...

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