Thief of Time - Stealth

'And, er, these stories about you...'

'Oh, all true. Most of them. A bit of exaggeration, but mostly true.'

'The one about the citadel in Muntab and the Pash and the fish bone?'

'Oh, yes.'

'But how did you get in where hall a dozen trained and armed men couldn't even-?'

'I'm a little man and I carry a broom,' said Lu-Tze simply. 'Everyone has some mess that needs clearing up. What harm is a man with a broom?'

'What? And that was it?'

'Well, the rest was a matter of cookery, really. The Pash was not a good man, but he was a glutton for his fish pie.'

'No martial arts?' said Lobsang.

'Oh, always a last resort. History needs shepherds, not butchers.’

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The Thief of Time - p109