But he settled for the standard gear afraid the spell would not be reliable if he pushed it. Anyway there was other traffic and it was easiest to keep the going pace. Zane had always enjoyed carpeting but could not af- ford to maintain his own carpet or even to rent one often. It cost a lot to maintain a good carpet and the expense- per-mile kept rising. Inflation affected everyone uncom- fortably as it was intended to; it was of course a work of Satan who campaigned perpetually and often halfway... read more
