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Titus Crow equals T,4 I,1 T,4 U,6 S,3 C,3 R,2 O,7 W,6. Which is 4+1+4+6+3+3+2+7+6 = 36. And 3+6 = Nine. Or 36, a double 18. The Beast redoubled!
Propitious? In what way? For whom? Certainly not for himself!
For Carstairs?
Slowly, carefully, Titus Crow put down his pen ...