In a Latitude of Temperance (The Adventures of Ichabod Temperance Book 5) by Ichabod Temperance Page A
Authors: Ichabod Temperance
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unthinking fool before I dispatch you in a swift subtraction from our numbers, ha, ha!”
“How very wise of you, Count Sezami. I was hoping that I could count upon your rational sensibilities.”
“Ha, ha! When you put it in mathematical formulation, Madame, how am I to resist? Ha, ha! Vhat do you bring to the parley table?”
“Many items for you to enumerate, Count. Three, in fact, my constantly counting Count. Firstly, it is increasingly obvious that we are embroiled in a fearsome plot, yes?”
“Ha, ha! Obviously Madame, this I concede willingly. Please, I eagerly await question number two, ha, ha!”
“Certainly. We are, I am afraid, unclear as to what the particulars of this ‘Count’ intensive conspiracy might be. We were wondering, just what in Victoria’s bustle are you devils up to?”
“Ha, ha! I vould gladly tell you my charming woman, but none of us are privy to the nature of this mission. We pride ourselves in our unflinching loyalty to our master. We are commanded and we obey. To question the motives is tantamount to treason.”
“And your master’s name? Eh, hem?”
“Ha, ha! You have all received a summons directly from him! His initial is enough of an identification. However, as a gesture of goodwill, I vill confirm that it is indeed his true initial! Ha, ha!”
“How very generous, Count Sezami. So, we look forward to meeting this ‘Count ‘D’’ as he has uniformly denoted himself in each of our correspondences.”
“Now you just hang on there a cotton pickin’ minute. I don’t know ’bout y’all, but I’m a mite suspicious that there is some sort of foul and insidious plan being a’formylated. The way I reckon things, we got some particularly skilled scientists and engyneers getting’ rounded up for a pretty potent pow-wow. We got Senor Diego Ignatio Ricardio MontelKahn and his work with hydro engineering. Mr. Pol Steele and his cutting edge electrical engineering skills. Dr Zen, er, I mean Dr. sck-c-c-, er, I mean, we got Dr. X and his chemystry background. I am known to be a fair tinkerer myself. I would add that I think maybe all of our engineering skills have been enhanced by the passing of the ‘Revelatory Comet’. With all that in mind, what do you think this ol’ Count D is a’cookin’ up down there on the Patagonian island of Tierra del Fuego?”
“Maebae the gloomy gorp bae hah whuntin’ te rooole the Wearld bae thraeat oof eh great and powerfuhlle freezing rhey ghunne.”
“Ya know what, Pol? I think you might be onto something, or something like it. I betcha if we all applied our various skillsets, maybe we could come up with something like that. ‘Count Freezy Dee and his ‘Freeze-O-Beam’’, maybe? I don’t know, though. Even to my lesser than most sophisticated mind, that sounds like a pretty thin batch of pancake batter to go on. Besides, down in Tierra del Fuego, everything is pretty much frozen over anyway. A ‘Freeze-O-Beam’ seems kinda redundant.”
“Si, Senor Tempseranci. This hardly would seem to be the likely actions of this sickly brood. I feel, however, that you are on the right track of his having some diabolical device in mind for us to build for him.”
“Thanks, Senor Diego Ignatio Ricardio MontelKahn, but now that I think about it, I also received a letter from a friend of mine. His name’s Professor Christopher DiddleFudde. He is an eminent theoretical physicist. He is involved in this project, also. I wonder what it could all add up to? Now, Count Sezami, you’ll confirm that we are in fact, bound for Tierra del Fuego, won’t you? That’s a big ol’ island of Patagonia, ain’t it?”
“Ha, ha! Yes, Temperance. I freely admit that Tierra del Fuego is our destination, ha, ha!”
“Thanky, sir. Since you so freely have shared with us, I’ll do the same with you. You all got our curiosity up, something fierce. We are now amenable to being willing passengers on this boat. We are not your prisoners. We shall not
“How very wise of you, Count Sezami. I was hoping that I could count upon your rational sensibilities.”
“Ha, ha! When you put it in mathematical formulation, Madame, how am I to resist? Ha, ha! Vhat do you bring to the parley table?”
“Many items for you to enumerate, Count. Three, in fact, my constantly counting Count. Firstly, it is increasingly obvious that we are embroiled in a fearsome plot, yes?”
“Ha, ha! Obviously Madame, this I concede willingly. Please, I eagerly await question number two, ha, ha!”
“Certainly. We are, I am afraid, unclear as to what the particulars of this ‘Count’ intensive conspiracy might be. We were wondering, just what in Victoria’s bustle are you devils up to?”
“Ha, ha! I vould gladly tell you my charming woman, but none of us are privy to the nature of this mission. We pride ourselves in our unflinching loyalty to our master. We are commanded and we obey. To question the motives is tantamount to treason.”
“And your master’s name? Eh, hem?”
“Ha, ha! You have all received a summons directly from him! His initial is enough of an identification. However, as a gesture of goodwill, I vill confirm that it is indeed his true initial! Ha, ha!”
“How very generous, Count Sezami. So, we look forward to meeting this ‘Count ‘D’’ as he has uniformly denoted himself in each of our correspondences.”
“Now you just hang on there a cotton pickin’ minute. I don’t know ’bout y’all, but I’m a mite suspicious that there is some sort of foul and insidious plan being a’formylated. The way I reckon things, we got some particularly skilled scientists and engyneers getting’ rounded up for a pretty potent pow-wow. We got Senor Diego Ignatio Ricardio MontelKahn and his work with hydro engineering. Mr. Pol Steele and his cutting edge electrical engineering skills. Dr Zen, er, I mean Dr. sck-c-c-, er, I mean, we got Dr. X and his chemystry background. I am known to be a fair tinkerer myself. I would add that I think maybe all of our engineering skills have been enhanced by the passing of the ‘Revelatory Comet’. With all that in mind, what do you think this ol’ Count D is a’cookin’ up down there on the Patagonian island of Tierra del Fuego?”
“Maebae the gloomy gorp bae hah whuntin’ te rooole the Wearld bae thraeat oof eh great and powerfuhlle freezing rhey ghunne.”
“Ya know what, Pol? I think you might be onto something, or something like it. I betcha if we all applied our various skillsets, maybe we could come up with something like that. ‘Count Freezy Dee and his ‘Freeze-O-Beam’’, maybe? I don’t know, though. Even to my lesser than most sophisticated mind, that sounds like a pretty thin batch of pancake batter to go on. Besides, down in Tierra del Fuego, everything is pretty much frozen over anyway. A ‘Freeze-O-Beam’ seems kinda redundant.”
“Si, Senor Tempseranci. This hardly would seem to be the likely actions of this sickly brood. I feel, however, that you are on the right track of his having some diabolical device in mind for us to build for him.”
“Thanks, Senor Diego Ignatio Ricardio MontelKahn, but now that I think about it, I also received a letter from a friend of mine. His name’s Professor Christopher DiddleFudde. He is an eminent theoretical physicist. He is involved in this project, also. I wonder what it could all add up to? Now, Count Sezami, you’ll confirm that we are in fact, bound for Tierra del Fuego, won’t you? That’s a big ol’ island of Patagonia, ain’t it?”
“Ha, ha! Yes, Temperance. I freely admit that Tierra del Fuego is our destination, ha, ha!”
“Thanky, sir. Since you so freely have shared with us, I’ll do the same with you. You all got our curiosity up, something fierce. We are now amenable to being willing passengers on this boat. We are not your prisoners. We shall not
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