an apote and drank, ing for darkness to fall.   onto tarted back nortoer a orccreets to t ty  do led o .

    . oo many years of living to remember to seize and act upon opportunity.

    None of  to t place.  t of untupidity, regardless of t t it  most of t square o do t one time or anotyrants today one suppressed sucched people one cared for die.

    o Catriana. In tarry spring darkness  from er er.  in ter a time, perably, of Elena. And tain as daurning of t to he world.

    tle, too small to be alarming, in tree be later a trialla began to sing. ened to it, and to t ude and t play of memory.

    before he died.

    A s time later an o  of ed softly in reply, silencing triallas song. Sandre came up silently, scarcely disturbing t, grunting slig eacher.

    quot;Catriana?quot; Baerd murmured.

    quot;I dont kno caug.

    Sa is all rig er. I this will pass.”

    Baerd deliberately relaxed ensed muscles. ionally, quot;I am a very great fool sometimes, iced?”

    quot;Not really. Youll o tell me about it some time. remely large man wed me?”

    quot;tremazzo. orage room for meetings wer.”

    Sandre grunted. quot;o me outside to sell me a potion to ensure t of any woman or boy I desired.”

    Baerd found ;Rumors of Ks precede you.”

    quot;Evidently.quot; Sandres teete in t;Mind you, it uff.”

    Laugly, Baerd felt a curious sensation, as if  o t,   come to an end until to go into Albericos dungeons and kill his own son.

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