MD3PAD 376-378

[Toby G Levy]

        Armand promises the duck safety whenever Armand is present.  The
duck agrees to spare Armand in return for a favor. He wants Armand to
give Vaucanson a message.

        The duck maintains that Vaucanson has another mechanical duck in
reserve, waiting to see how things work out with his original creation.
The duck wants Armand to go to Vaucanson and ask his permission for the
duck to take the second duck out on a date to an opera by Gallupi  and
then to a restaurant that prepares a dish that translates out to
"steamed Pond Insects."

        Armand asks about he gender of the ducks. The duck tells Armand
that she is female but the other is not genetically modified so is yet
neither, or both.

        Armand wants to know why he thinks Vaucanson would allow this.
The duck tells Armand to deceive him somehow, and then the duck
vanishes.

        Armand attempts to find Vaucanson. He went to Mme la Marquise de
Pmpadour, a mistress of King Louis XV, and found spies everywhere, some
working for the Jesuits and others for a variety of other organizations.

        People began to avoid Armand.  Other people spied on him. And no
matter where he went, the duck followed to remind him of his obligation.
Finally Armand begged to find Armand herself.

Toby