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Shurq raised a lifeless brow ‘I am curious How often is that question answered by your clients?’

Selush blinked ‘Enter, if you must So early!’

‘My dear,’ Tehol said reasonably, ‘it’s less than a couple of hundred heartbeats froht bell’

‘Precisely! See how flustered you’ve made me? Quickly, inside, I htening Noeetie, let me look more closely at you My servant was unusually reticent, I’m afraid’ She abruptly leaned close until her nose was al Shurq’s lips

Tehol flinched, but luckily neither woman noticed

‘You drowned’

‘Really’

‘In Quillas Canal Just downstrearinders on the last day of a summer month Which one? Wanderer’s Month? Watcher’s?’

‘Betrayer’s’

‘Oh! Windlow ood business that month, then Tell me, do people scream when they see you?’

‘Sometimes’

‘Me too’

‘Do you,’ Shurq asked, ‘get compliments on your hair?’

‘Never’

‘Well, that was pleasing sht, alas-’

‘Why, yes we have, you silly ht Sorry In any case Shurq was a victi curse’

‘Isn’t it always the way?’ Selush sighed, turning to walk to the long table along the back wall of the roo