Chapter 9Three months had passed as if in the blink of an eye. Thoth stared out over the city. People were moving about, and flowering shrubs had been placed to add colour to the red grey of the buildings.
Thomas and Alice are happily married. It was most generous of him to ask that I be his best man and Alice delighted Algernon by granting him the honour of acting as her father to give away the bride. However, not everything is so idyll. Trojan and a hardcore of his supporters still avoid working for the good of the community in any capacity.
With a heavy sigh, Thoth turned away. It’s a sad notion that the greedy and self-centred Trojan will replace the altruistic and people-centred Algernon. But there’s nothing I can do about that. My time here is almost done. I need to rest and wait f
