for Catriana di tigana fallen from hers.

    Men said after t tillness, suc attention among tables in Solings ing on patrons and tcopped ood listening. No one moved, no one made a sound. tary voice singing t song of mourning in the Palm.

    In a room upstairs Alais lifted ear-soaked pillo up. Rinaldo, tending to Sandres maimed urned oill. And Baerd, idings t smas in a  could ever o ened to Alessan and Devin beloo fly t-of his way.

    Out in treet ing voice carried, people stopped in t of rumor or tless cs pleasures and tood outside tening to tes of grief, t in the spell of a music shaped by loss.

    For a long time after it  ing, breaking, utterly unexpected offering of t;Lamentquot; on t nig marked the beginning of war.

    t in eittles of ly open: Alaiss, t rianas too. Baerd ing in tepped foro the hallway and Alessan embraced him.

    For a long time tood locked togettle. o there and Rovigo. San-dre.

    Rinaldo, Ducas and Naddo. Sertino to t nearer to them.

    quot;Did anyone to bring ; Rinaldo asked in a faint voice.

    quot;I did,quot; Devin said, going over to ted. Devin glanced at Sandres left  topped. o one of ttles and t boto ask for a glass. Devin gave ttle to Ducas, whe same.

    Sertino  Sandres ;Youre going to o get in t of masking t;  eness.

    quot;I kno; Sandre said. quot;I feel very weak righough.”

    quot;Doesnt matter,quot; Sertino replied. quot;t be constant. Do it. Now.”

    Sandre looked up at  tandan   seem