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Tehol smiled ‘You anticipate uards on duty at all ti in the barracks, which is attached to the estate’s le covered ay that is nineteen strides in length All outer doors are double-barred There are four guards stationed in cubbies at each corner of the roof, and wards skeined over everyThe estate walls are twice the height of a man’

‘Sounds for elicited a wet-leather sound, though whether from her clothes or fro reappeared, cli a tray made from a crate lid Two clay cups were on the tray, their contents stea up and seeing the two of thereetings Would you care for some tea?’

‘Don’t be absurd’

‘Ah, yes Thoughtless ofwalked over with the tray

Tehol collected his cup and cautiously sniffed Then he frowned at his ed ‘We don’t have no herbs, master I had to improvise’

‘With what? Sheep hide?’

Bugg’s brows rose ‘Very close indeed I had sorey?’

‘The grey’

‘Well, that’s all right, then’ He sipped ‘Smooth’

‘Yes, it would be’

‘We’re not poisoning ourselves, are we?’

‘Only mildly, master’

‘There are ti dead This is not one of those times, however’

The twoat their tea

‘Ideally,’ she continued, ‘I would now clear my throat to cover thisanymy throat has unpleasant consequences’

‘Ah, but Selush has devised a pump,’ Tehol said ‘The operation will be, uh, not for the delicate Even so, soon you shall exude the perfue that?’

‘With roses, I iine’

Shurq raised a thin brow ‘I am to be stuffed with dried flowers?’