Chapter 33

With a shake of his shoulders he growled: 'The likeness is only a coincidence--or if he's shrewd enough to assume a forgotten wizard's name, he's shrewd enough to assume his likeness.' But he spoke without conviction. The sight of that coin had shaken the foundations of his universe. He felt that reality and stability were crumbing into an abyss of illusion and sorcery. A wizard was understandable; but this was diabolism beyond sanity. 'We cannot doubt that it is indeed Xaltotun of Python,' said Hadrathus. 'He it w…