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that."

"I don't want to many Map Hwillion,'* she said,
exasperated. "I would like to marry the Prince of
Hed. Bxcept that I don't know any more who he is,
and no one else knows where he is. I am tired of
waiting; I am tired of this house; I am tired of
listening to the Lord of Hel tell me that I am being
ignored and insulted by the Prince of Hed; I want
to visit Mara Croeg in Aum. and I don't under-
stand how you can refuse such a simple, reason-
able request."

There was a short silence, during which Mathom
considered the wine in his cup. An indefinable ex-
pression came into his face; he set the cup down
and said, "If you like, you can go to Caithnard."

Her lips parted in surprise. "I can? To visit
Rood? Is there a shipЧ" And then Duac brought

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his hand down flat on the wine table, rattling cups.
"No."

She stared at him, astonished, and he closed his
hand. His eyes were narrowed slightly as he gazed
back at Mathom. "He's asked me to go, but I've
already refused. He wants Rood home."
"Rood? I don't understand."
Mathom moved away from the window suddenly
with an irritated whirl of sleeve. "I might as well
have the entire council in here babbling at me at
once. I want Rood to take a leave from his studies,
come back to Anuin for a while; he'll take that
fact best from either Duac or you."

"You tell him," Duac said inflexibly. Under the
King's eye he yielded, sat down, gripping the arms
of his chair as though he were holding fast to his
patience. "Then will you explain so I can under-
stand? Rood has just taken the Red of Apprentice-
ship; if he stays he'll take the Black at a younger
age than any living Master. He's done fine work
there; he deserves the chance to stay."

"There are more riddles in the world than those
in the locked books behind the walls of that College
in Caithnard."