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frowning, and three other Blades had emerged from the darkness to leer. All Blades looked much
alikeтАФlean, athletic men of middle size, mostly in their twenties. The conjuration that bound them to
absolute loyalty to the King showed to her senses as an ethereal metallic glow, which she found very
becoming.


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тАЬHeтАЩs a fast worker, our Bernie,тАЭ one said.
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тАЬGotta watch those rapier men.тАЭ

Horrors! Her face was on fire.

тАЬThat will do!тАЭ The fourth Blade was a little older and wore a red sash to show that he was in charge.
He tapped the catтАЩs-eye pommel of his sword. тАЬGood chance to you, Mother Celandine.тАЭ

тАЬAnd to you, Sir Valiant.тАЭ

тАЬDo you know Sir Richey? SirAragon ? And our expert breaker of hearts, Sir Bernard?тАЭ The men
saluted in turn.

Mother Celandine nodded crisply to each salute. тАЬThis blushing maiden is Sister Gertrude.тАЭ

Jealous old hag!

тАЬKnown as Trudy to her friends,тАЭAragon remarked in an audible aside.

тАЬWe asked for White Sisters, not red ones,тАЭ Richey coun-tered.

Mortified, Trudy caught BernieтАЩs eye. He winked. She re-alized that he was showing off. The othersтАЩ
crude humor was a form of flattery. She winked back.

тАЬWhy donтАЩt you have more lights?тАЭ Celandine demanded, peering disapprovingly at the gloom.

тАЬBlades see well in the dark,тАЭ Sir Valiant said, тАЬbut the real reason is that the visitors took every candle
and lamp they could find upstairs with them. The Baron said some-thing about liking lots of light. WeтАЩll
make sure we have more tomorrow.тАЭ

The old lady sniffed. тАЬWell, letтАЩs get it over with. Carry on, Sister.тАЭ

Trudy led the way back to the door to begin. The lantern-bearing footmen followed, and the Blades
retreated to the staircase in the center, so their bindings would not distract the Sisters. Trudy closed her
eyes and listened. She inhaled, licked the roof of her mouth, queried her skin for odd sen-