Klapaucius says: How many units, do you think, would result from this situation: one man is brutally beaten for a full three hundred hours, then all at once jumps up and brains the one who was beating him?
Trurl says: That’s easily done!
Narration: cried Trurl enthusiastically, and immediately began to calculate it out—when suddenly he heard a loud guffaw and whirled around. Klapaucius said, still laughing:
Klapaucius says: You say you took Goodness as your guiding principle? Well, Trurl, I see you’re off to a flying start! At this rate you’ll have perfection in no time! Now if you’ll excuse me . . .
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