23/23 "We had heard that you were dead, and I feared it must be so, for all that the rest of the story that was told us was clearly part of a very foolish jest." "Jest? "You had best return to the Palais Seneschal. I have no further need of an escort," he added bitterly. "I shall require a larger force." And he stepped out into the rain, which had begun again a few minutes earlier, and was now falling in a steady downpour.. |