Our first priority is to locate magician humfrey. Buildings of a clear white, over which played faint rainbow hues, were scattered about like a handful of carelessly tossed shells, rather than set in any pattern of streets as was yatlan.
There were rows of gay flowers running along the roadway and there were people - little, happy, gnomelike people - walking in the road. Virtually all of them had been born and raised to obey the orders of the monitors and their superiors, so while they grumbled and complained a lot they did pretty much as they were told.