Guyal Quotes

What are your fees?" inquired Guyal cautiously. "I respond to three questions," stated the augur. "For twenty terces I phrase the answer in clear and actionable language; for ten I use the language of cant, which occasionally admits of ambiguity; for five, I speak a parable which you must interpret as you will; and for one terce, I babble in an unknown tongue. (Jack Vance)
Guyal reined his horse and reflected that flowers were rarely cherished by persons of hostile disposition. View quote
Jack Vance