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She could not be certain of her suspicions, but they seemed to fit, and were as bitterly unpalatable to her as they probably were to Buruk the Pale The Tiste Edur would not surrender the Blackwood The conclusion was foregone There was to be war And Hull Beddict will make of hient No wonder Buruk tolerates his presence
And the part she would play? I a more than that Keep your distance, Seren PedacShe was Acquitor She would do as she had been charged to do Deliver Buruk the Pale
Nothing will be decided Not by us The ga
If only she could find coht
Twenty paces ahead, the forest sed Hull Beddict and Binadas Sengar Darkness and shadows, drawing closer with every step she took
Any criminal who could swim across the canal with a sack of docks strapped to his back won freedom The aression Theft, kidnapping, failure to pay a debt, dae to property and murder yielded the maximum fine of five hundred docks E in public upon the na or the queen, demanded three hundred docks in reparation The least of the fines, one hundred docks, were levied upon loitering, voiding in public and disrespect
These were the fines for hts
If so his criminal record
The canal awaited those who could not
The Drownings werea host of activities upon which fortunes were gaed to make it across the canal with their burden, distance and nu bets As did Risings, Flailings, Flounderings and Vanishings
The cri for retrieval of the coins once the drowning was confirmed The corpse was due
Brys Beddict found Finadd Gerun Eberict on the Second Tier overlooking the canal, a’s Drownings Book out pay in the air above the buzz of excited conversation Nearby, a wohed Male voices rose in response
‘Finadd’
The flat, scarred face known to virtually every citizen swung to Brys, thin eyebrows lifting in recognition ‘King’s Cha is about to take a swiht hundred docks on the bastard’
Brys Beddict leaned on the railing He scanned the guards and officials on the launch below ‘I’ve heard the name,’ he said, ‘but cannot recall his criure towering above the others