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He clasped his glass of leloved, e of the mount with its toothy ruins, toward the summit where the ancient castle had once stood He would have liked to see it in all its grandeur, but if the castle and its king had not fallen, the ereatness Would that have been so bad? The e would have it that the people would have suffered privation under the rule of the despot king They’d all be his slaves

Perhaps not so different fro was his family’s position within the e prevailed?

A flaht his eye, a flareens Silk sat up and allass crushed in his hand

"Howser!" he cried

His manservant was at his side in an instant "Sir?"

Silk pointed "Do you seeanything up there? There’s an outcrop surrounded by scrub"

Howser re to see

"Use your spyglass, idiot!" he snapped

Howser turned away, fu device He aimed it where Silk pointed

"Well?" he demanded

"Sorry, sir, I can’t seeure of fire had died in Silk’s vision He sighed "It is gone" Had he truly seen it? Soe?