Valuer

At one time a dishonest king had a man called the Valuer in his court.

Precious Metal: the blog 2010

As he came level with the other he saw with certainty that it was the Valuer.

Starship Aldiss, Brian 1959

"Your expense," the Valuer replied genially, looking up from an immense list he was painfully compiling.

Starship Aldiss, Brian 1959

Quietly, he surveyed the three who stood by Marapper; he knew them all well: Bob Fermour, elbows resting placidly on the two bulging pouches strapped to his belt; Wantage, rotating his fending stick endlessly in his hands; and Ern Roffery the Valuer, face challenging and unpleasant.

Starship Aldiss, Brian 1959

On a rough and dirty couch lay Ern Roffery the Valuer.

Starship Aldiss, Brian 1959

Only the 'lite, the guards, the hunters, and people like the Valuer, could usually manage something like a uniform.

Starship Aldiss, Brian 1959

Consequently, he pushed through the market crowd and greeted the Valuer in surly fashion.

Starship Aldiss, Brian 1959

There was no sign of Roffery, which was baffling, considering that one of the Giants had said that the Valuer would recover from the gas pellet as Complain had done.

Starship Aldiss, Brian 1959

As Complain pointed out, the Giants had not killed him when they might conveniently have done so; nor had they killed Ern Roffery, although what had become of the Valuer remained a mystery.

Starship Aldiss, Brian 1959

Instead, when Gwenny had gone, he went down to the market to see Ern Roffery the Valuer, to ask the current price of meat.

Starship Aldiss, Brian 1959