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‘I aht have stepped in’

‘There are indeed cothy history Noas your day and the subsequent evening?’

‘Uneventful Rucket informs me that Gerun Eberict has killed about three thousand citizens this year’

‘Three thousand? That seeht so, too, master More soup?’

‘Yes, thank you So, what is his problem, do you think?’

‘Gerun’s? A taste for blood, I’d wager’

‘As si about it, I think’

‘And hoas your day and evening, , even’

‘You were on the roof?’

‘Yes, h, as I recall, I came down here once Can’t remember why Or, rather, I couldn’t at the ti tilted his head ‘So our door’ The sound of boots in the alley, the faint whisper of ar to face the curtained doorway, he raised his voice ‘Brys, do co was pulled aside and Brys entered ‘Well, that is an interesting smell,’ he said

‘Sole soup,’ Tehol said ‘Would you like some?’

‘No, thank you I have already eaten, it being well after the second bell I trust you have heard the rumours’

‘The war?’

‘Yes’

‘I’ve heard hardly a thing,’ Tehol said

Brys hesitated, glancing at Bugg, then he sighed ‘A new eed to lead the Tiste Edur Tehol, Hull has sworn his allegiance to him’

‘Now, that is indeed unfortunate’

‘Accordingly, you are at risk’

‘Arrest?’

‘No, more likely assassination All in the name of patriotism’

Tehol set his bon ‘It occurs to me, Brys, that you are uarded, brother, whilst you are not’

‘Nonsense! I have Bugg!’

The manservant looked up at Brys with a bland smile

‘Tehol, this is not ti resents that!’

‘I do?’

‘Well, don’t you? I would, if I were you-’