c Sandre o wrayed surprise or dismay by so much as a flicker of a muscle.

    Sloable by ick range  moments suchis.

    quot;Do you kno; said bluff Nievole from by t;do you kno t ually crossed my mind o riad-cursed fats die ; ic, and it did not reac;—o  imes I tried to en tes along in the days when he ruled.”

    tomasso smiled in return, just as t;ain you ; ely to t sure  ;e certain you o come, being one of t of a dying breed in Astibar. Indeed, in the Palm.”

    Bearded Nievole raised ;You flatter  say I do prefer your voice as it is no all tters and y t normally go .”

    Scalvaia looked amused. taeri laugcomasso liked , as o assure ing conversation, in icular fashion.

    quot;I prefer t; o t;You  fees, being ain aspects of my life in certain ages to being seen as aimlessly degenerate.”

    quot;t; Scalvaia agreed blandly, quot;if you  is served by sucion.

    You named a name a moment ago, and intimated he

    bearer of t name dead or gone. e  ies migic eventuality.”

    e unreadable; tomasso   blessedly kept quiet, as instructed. ook one of the bier.

    Scalvaia  on, quot;e cannot be una by saying ely in our  migially appear. At time, I do surmise t , to rise and begin to ride back toibar carrying reac these woods.”

    It ated—a minor fact to be confirmed before moving on to more important issues.

    tomasso s;; ;You do us irely free to leave. Indeed,  you if you  t I migo point out t alted and deater torture, it is exceedingly