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тАЬWhatever happened to the girlтАЩs mother, anyway?тАЭ Jill said.
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тАЬTo tell you the truth, I donтАЩt know,тАЭ Keeta said. тАЬShe was long gone when I joined HamilтАЩs troupe. It
was quite a large show in those days.тАЭ

They were sitting on a stone bench under some trees in Inderat NoaтАЩs marketplace, a big and elegant
open square with fountains and little cobbled walkways between the groups of stalls and booths.
Afternoon heat danced and shimmered over the paving like the water mist over the fountains. Not too far
away Salamander and Vinto were haggling with a pair of archonтАЩs men about a performance permit.

тАЬI did hear that MarkaтАЩs mother went back to Mangortinna,тАЭ Keeta went on. тАЬI think she was born
there.тАЭ

тАЬI see. I donтАЩt understand why she didnтАЩt take her daughter with her.тАЭ

тАЬHow could she? She and Hamil were legally married and all.тАЭ

тАЬWell, whatтАФтАЭ

тАЬOh, wait! You speak so well that I keep forgetting youтАЩre a foreigner. Under our laws a childтАЩs her
fatherтАЩs property. The mother has no say in anything, really, unless he gives her one.тАЭ Keeta frowned
briefly. тАЬOne reason why I made my mind up never to marry.тАЭ

тАЬI can understand that. Mangortinna, huh? Well, if she went back home, weтАЩd probably never find her,
even if we did try.тАЭ

тАЬWhat do you want to find her for?тАЭ

тАЬOh, itтАЩs probably just sentimentality on my part, but I feel like I should . . . well, consult her, I suppose.
You see, Salamander wants to marry Marka.тАЭ

тАЬMarry her? Actually legally marry her?тАЭ

тАЬYes, just that.тАЭ

тАЬWell, thatтАЩs wonderful! HeтАЩs the kind of man who could take good care of her, and she certainly wants
to marry him.тАЭ

Jill laughed.

тАЬYou were just telling me how awful marriage is.тАЭ

тАЬFor me, it would be, but I know that the way IтАЩve chosen to live my life isnтАЩt right for every woman. I
was really afraid that Marka was going to end up unmarried and pregnant, no matter what you said about
his morals.тАЭ