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Cerrmor, but they still have to find him on the road. I suggest that you send a troop of picked men, the
sort youтАЩd choose to guard the prince, down the east-running road. Then, a while later, we leave,
heading toward Eldidd, say. The prince goes with usтАФas a silver dagger. Who looks in a dung heap for
a jewel?тАЭ

тАЬJust so.тАЭ Casyl nodded in slow admiration. тАЬJust so, Captain.тАЭ

тАЬOh, splendid!тАЭ Maryn broke in. тАЬIтАЩve always wanted to carry one of those daggers. Have you looked
at one close up, Father? TheyтАЩre truly beautiful.тАЭ

тАЬSo they are.тАЭ Casyl suppressed a smile. тАЬOne thing, though, Captain. I understand that you left
Cerrmor in some disgrace. Will you be endangering yourself by returning?тАЭ

тАЬIf I live that long, my liege, I suppose I will. HavenтАЩt thought about all that in twelve, thirteen years,
truly.тАЭ He glanced at Maryn. тАЬI suppose I could petition the true king for a pardon, if things came to
that.тАЭ

тАЬYou have my pardon already, Captain.тАЭ Maryn drew himself up to full height, and all at once they could
see the man heтАЩd be someday. тАЬNo doubt youтАЩll redeem yourself thrice over by the time I ride into Dun
Deverry as king.тАЭ

Abruptly Casyl turned away and paced over to the window. Maddyn was the only one who noticed that
his liegeтАЩs eyes were full of tears.

The next morning Nevyn came out to the barracks and fetched Caradoc and Maddyn for what he called
a тАЬlittle stroll.тАЭ They went down to the lakeshore just outside the walls of the dun and sat down on the
rocks right next to the water. For a moment Nevyn merely looked around him, but his eyes were so
heavy-lidded and strange that Maddyn assumed the councillor was working some dweomer.

тАЬI think we should be safe here,тАЭ Nevyn remarked, confirming his suspicions. тАЬThe presence of the
water will act as a sort of shield, you see, from the wrong sort of prying eyes. Now, then. Captain, IтАЩve
received news from Cerrmor of a sort. The capitalтАЩs in an uproar, but itтАЩs being torn apart by despair, not
politicking. The only thing thatтАЩs keeping the Cerrmor side together is the regent, a certain Tieryn Elyc, an
honorable man and a shrewd one, apparently, but even he hasnтАЩt been able to stop a great many lords
from switching their loyalties to Cantrae.тАЭ
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тАЬElyc? ThatтАЩs not Elyc of Dai Aver, is it?тАЭ

тАЬThe very one. You know him?тАЭ

тАЬDid once, a cursed long time ago now. If he hasnтАЩt changed, heтАЩs a decent sort, truly.тАЭ

тАЬWell and good, then. In theory heтАЩs charged with running the kingdom until GlynтАЩs eldest daughter
marries and has an heir, but I doubt me if heтАЩll be able to impose order for that many years.тАЭ

тАЬHow old is the lass?тАЭ Maddyn said.