In a Latitude of Temperance (The Adventures of Ichabod Temperance Book 5) by Ichabod Temperance

clear up this little misunderstanding. Dr. Xen Xum Xng, I think you may release our new ally and return him his sword.”
    “Heh,heh,heh, h-h-h-Vhat are you doing? h-h-You can’t do this! I order you to slay that man immediately! You must return with us! This is most inconvenient! Henh!”
    “No, I am sorry, Mr. WrenneFeyldde; I feel no fidelity nor loyalty to you, I am afraid. As it appears that our forces are all recovering their sensibilities and their feet, er, I say, could a few of you help Mr. Cogito to his feet, please? I am afraid his inability to stand from a position on the ground is a dreadful design flaw that we have not been able to overcome. That’s it, very good, my friends. Now then, I am sure you gentlemen will understand if we commandeer the two carriages for ourselves. We leave the injured Count Onyx’Ula to your care.”
    “I am afraid this development is sour milk in our cereal, Count Sezami.”
    “Ha ha! We are struck with the proverbial pop quiz for which one is unprepared, my dear Count ChauckOolaux, ha, ha. Your actions are irrational, Miss Plumtartt!”
    “Heh,heh,heh, h-you can’t do theese Meess Plumtartt! Henh!”
    “Oh, I am afraid that I can, I am, and I have. Toodle-loo, gentlemen.”
     
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Chapter Seven.
Buenos Morte
    “We have counted many ups and downs in this little errand we have been on, my friend Count ChauckOolaux.”
    “Indeed my friend,” mnk, mnk, mnk “it sounds as if you have been on a roller coa-coa-coaster of adventure. I should like to confide a concern I have vith zee rest of you if I may? I vonder vhy there is a need to open zeese new academy in Argentina? Good olde ‘Transylvania U’ back in the olde country vas good enough for hundreds of years. Vhat has changed zhat vee vould move to this distant locality?”
    “Ha, ha! I cannot count a single reason, my chocolate chum, ha, ha!”
    “Heh,heh,heh, h-h-h-theese eez terrible! Theese eez deezaztrous! Oh, how could vee be streecken by such catastrophe? Henh? Vhat are vee to do? Vee cannot return to the master vithout our captives! There eez no room for defeat! Failure is not an option! H-h-h-hhenh!”
    mnk, mnk, mnk “It is imperative that we hurry from this city. I do not want the authorities to track a series of cereal killings back to me.” mnk, mnk, mnk
    “Why don’t you all shut up! You are all a bigger pain in the neck than this broken neck I’ve got!”
    Augh. I am getting tired of holding my head up and in proper alignment, waiting on the regenerative process. Can’t these bones knit any faster? I swear, I shall have my vengeance on that traitorous vampire for this painful injury. Meanwhile, the jibber jabber of the ridiculous Counts ChauckOolaux and Sezami is giving me a splitting headache. I can no longer tolerate the endless whining of the wretched WrenneFeyldde, either.
    “Heh,heh,heh, h-h-should we go out and try to find them? Perhaps it is still possible to recapture the scientists we are tasked with collecting? Henh?”
    Count ChauckOolaux suddenly perks up, his long ears  trembling.
    mnk, mnk, mnk “By the tingling of my ears.”
    mnk, mnk, mnk “Something noble this way nears.”
    mnk, mnk, mnk “Be alert my friends, the game we pursue is afoot!”
    “Ha, ha! Look there! Our captives return to us, ha, ha!”
    Well I’ll be even more damned than I already am! The whole group is walking up the dock to stop at the foot of the ‘Stoker’ gangplank.
    “Yoo, hoo! Ahoy-dilly-ho! You gentlemen there, upon the poop deck. I say, we should like to parley. What do you say? Eh?”
    “Heh,heh,heh, h-h-h-parley? Be quiet and do as you are told! Get aboard this ship and behave yourself, you foolish woman!”
    “Ha, ha! Please excuse and ignore this stupid man, ha, ha! Yes, Miss Plumtartt, vee vould very much like to parley vith you, ha, ha! Let me count the ways for which vee are vanting you and your esteemed colleagues back aboard this ship! Ha, ha! You, WrenneFeyldde, shut up you