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Astfgl appears on the beach and finds magical circles that have been drawn but no one is there. There are also smaller footprints that run back and forth over the beach frantically, as if looking for something, and then vanish. Astfgl swears and then vanishes. Further down the beach there is a half eaten egg sandwich that is rolling in the tide. Thousands of bacteria are beginning to attack it and make plans for evolution. It is noted here that life could have been a lot different if there had only been mayonnaise.

Eric and Rincewind find themselves in front of a door with a sign over it that reads "You Don't Have To Be 'Damned' to Work Here, But It Helps!!!" (p. 152). Behind them the magic circles of Eric's spell are beginning to fade. Rincewind was hoping that they would...