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Working with a broo a properly balanced practice sword, or a real blade for that matter She of course had to use her left hand because of her broken wrist, but it was not as hard as it ht have been since she was trained to use her non-dominant side after a previous elbow injury Grateful as she was just to have the broom, she wished she at least had her bonewood, and planned to request it of the professor citing her bad leg, but she never saw hi When she asked Mirriam where he was, the housekeeper informed her it was none of her concern, but let it slip later he was out at the "dig site" with his students

The only people she continued to see were Lorine and Mirriae if only she could stay awake There weren’t even any visitations frohost--none that she are of at any rate

To make matters worse, beneath her cast the flesh itched soto slide beneath the cast to probe the itches, and she was sorely te room and soak it in water to dissolve it off Instead, she furiously scratched at the cast itself as if she could somehow transcend the plaster and reach her skin to find release

When next Mender Samuels appeared to check on her and remove the sutures fro off?"

"Three or four an perceived the hint of aher bad news She wanted to screaive him the satisfaction

"You do want it to heal correctly, don’t you?" he asked, while tugging out another stitch

Karigan grunted and said no more

Finally a day caood food and sleep infused her with y Her wrist still ached and itched in its cast, and she still limped, but on the whole, she was ready to take on the world, or at least the part of it that contained the household of Professor Bryce Lowell Josston

She’d ht She took herroom to attend to her own ablutions She filled the tub with hot water, and just as she sank into it, settling her broken wrist safely on the riet out this instant!" she ordered

"I will not," Karigan replied "You will have to lift itation, perhaps considering her options "I could ask the gardeners to help"

Karigan did not reply, guessing she was bluffing

After soan’s direction "You will not get your cast wet, and we shall speak when you are done"

When the housekeeper left, the tension eased out of Karigan’s body, and she took a glorious, long hot soak and a thorough scrub, not getting her cast wet in the process, thank you very much Afterward, while she dried off in her roo with equani her cast before Mirriam’s face, "no har h Lorine will still need to help les fro bested Arhys, perhaps?

Mirriam pursed her lips A muscle twitched in her cheek, but she nodded curtly and left When the door shut behind her, Karigan spun around in a little dance of victory

And then she saw the cat watching her through the , that saray fur He appeared neither scrawny nor scruffy, so perhaps he was a well-fed neighborhood cat Since she’d already defied Mirriaain She went to theand started to lift the sash, but at the first hint of a squeal, the cat jumped She looked down, but could not see where he went She shrugged and decided she would have to find soan busied herself the rest of the day practicing sword forth and precision of her left arazed out theThe sky was heavy, deepening with rain clouds By late afternoon showers fell, acco as the household settled into night and eventually into sleep, until only one soul rean hoped The constant patter of rain on the roof would help cover up the sound of herthe shawl around her shoulders, her feet clad in slippers, she tiptoed to her door, opened it, and peered out into the hallway At night time, she discovered, the hallere kept dilow Solass flaht, but false in that it did not flicker like a real candle These, unlike the larger lamps, could be carried with ease She picked one up from its place on a small marble-top table and moved down the hall toward the stairs, followed by her own monstrous shadow

She hadn’t the nerve to open the doors along the hallway, figuring they could very well be inhabited She suspected Mirriaoal was to look around on the lower level, where the professor’s business took place If she were to find out anything of interest, it would be downstairs

She carefully descended, her shadow exaggerating her steps When she reached the bottolance the other day had shown her an impersonal room of overstuffed furniture and the requisite portraits of ih to tell her the roo of interest there It seeed le" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true">