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Muriele peered up at Robert, her hatred so strong that she couldn't think of any
words that would not belittle it.
"I think I'll put her in the Dare crypt," Robert mused. "Should William's soul ever
find its way there, he will be pleased."
He rose then. "The seamstress will come around tomorrow to fit you for your
wedding gown," he said pleasantly. "It has been a pleasure visiting with you, Muriele.
Good afternoon."
He left her there with Alis, whose flesh was already cold.
 PART I
THE WATERS BENEATH THE WORLD

On the stony west shore of Roin Ieniesse, Fren
MeqLier met Saint Jeroin the Mariner, and in
Saint Jeroin's ship they passed over the western
waves through sleet and fog until they came to a
bleak shore and a dark forest.
"That is the Wood Beyond the World," Saint
Jeroin told him. "Take care that when you step
from the boat, your boot does not strike the water.
If you but touch the waves, you will forget
everything you have ever known. "

тАФFrom Frenn Reyeise: A Tale of Saint Frenn Told
on Skew, Sacritor Roger Bishop


The Dark Lady took Alzarez by the hand and
pointed at the river.
"Drink from that," she said, "and you will be like
the dead, without memory or sin."
Then she pointed to a bubbling spring.
"Drink there, and you will know more than any
mortal."
Alzarez looked at both.
"But the river feeds the spring," he observed.
"Of course," the Dark Lady replied.

тАФFrom "Sa Alzarezasfill," a Herilanzer folktale


Ne piberos daz'uturo.
Don't drink the water.

тАФFrom a Vitellian funerary inscription
 CHAPTER ONE
Lost

Here's my wish;
A man with blood-red lips
With snow-white skin