Thief of Time - Infiltrate

'And-?'

'Another question?'

'Time is a “she”? None of the teachers have mentioned it and I don't recall anything in the scrolls.'

'Don't you think about that. Wen wrote... well, the Secret Scroll, it's called. They keep it in a locked room. Only the abbots and the most senior monks ever get to see it.'

Lobsang couldn't let that one pass. 'So how did you-?' he began.

'Well, you wouldn't expect men like that to do the sweeping up in there, would you ?' said Lu-Tze. 'Terribly dusty, it got.'

'What was it about?'

'I didn't read much of it. Didn't feel it was right,' said Lu-Tze. 'You? What was it about, then?'

'It was a love poem. And it was a good one …’

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The Thief of Time - p161