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тАЬAre you trying to tell me, you stupid chattering elf, that you want to take all these wretched acrobats all
the way to Anmurdio with us?тАЭ

тАЬOf course I do.тАЭ

Jill could only stare at him. He smiled, all sunny charm.

тАЬList but a moment, O Princess of Powers Perilous, and all will become as clear as a summer sky. Cast
your mind backward to our youth, and our adventures in Slaith. Ah, glorious Slaith! Alas, thanks to my
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brother and his righteous wrath, no more do its beds of fish entrails scent the warm and tropic air, no
more do pirates swagger down its rich and arrogant streets, no more doтАФтАЭ

тАЬAre you going to hold your tongue or am I going to cut it out? Get to the point!тАЭ

тАЬWell and good, then, but you do take the bloom off a manтАЩs rhetoric, I must say. The point, my
turtledove, is this: Slaith was a foul and evil den of pirates, but even there, in that den of the accursed, my
humble gerthddynтАЩs calling made us both welcome and immune to infamy. Far more welcome, then, in
isolate, nay, even desolate Anmurdio shall be an entire troupe of performers.тАЭ

тАЬImph. I hate to admit this, but youтАЩre probably right.тАЭ

тАЬOf course IтАЩm right. IтАЩve spent many a long and guileful hour in thought, working this scheme through.
WeтАЩll probably even turn a profit.тАЭ

тАЬOh, very well, then! Since thereтАЩs naught I can do about it all, anyway, I might as well go along with
your daft scheme. Poor little MarkaтАФa fine way to start married life!тАЭ

тАЬAha! YouтАЩre the one whoтАЩs making the mistake this time. YouтАЩre remembering pampered Alaena, the
rich widow who lacked for naught. Marka has lived as hard a life as ever you did as a child, following
your father round the kingdom.тАЭ

Jill said something foul beyond repeating, simply because he was right, but he merely laughed at her.

Later that afternoon Jill went looking for Marka and found her sitting in front of the tent she shared with
Delya and Keeta. SheтАЩd spread out a large mat and arranged the tiles, which might possibly have come
back to her from another life, in tidy lines to study them.

тАЬMarka?тАЭ Jill said. тАЬIтАЩve just come to offer my congratulations.тАЭ

тАЬOh, thank you!тАЭ She looked up with a smile of such sheer, innocent joy that it wrung JillтАЩs heart. тАЬYou
know, I never ever thought IтАЩd be this lucky, not ever.тАЭ

тАЬWell, IтАЩm glad youтАЩre so happy.тАЭ Jill sat down on the ground across from her. тАЬKeeta tells me that the
troupeтАЩs going to join together to buy you a wedding dress.тАЭ