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Luke opened the front door The person on the other side did not step in, so she could not see him, but he said, "Mr Mayforte? I am a courier from the palace The Honorable Webster Silk extends his welcome to you on your visit to Gosshae"

Luke received an envelope, and closed the door after the courier

"Well?" Cade asked

Karigan slipped out of the bedroom as Luke opened the letter and briefly read the contents "We’ve been invited to the palace," he said "We are to arrive at four hour"

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It took a moment to sink in: they’d been invited to the palace

"That was quick," Cade said

"Yes," Luke replied, still staring at the paper in his hands "I had heard Webster Silk wasn’t one to waste time, but I didn’t thinknot so soon" He handed the an It was brief: Mr Mayforte, four hour At the bottom was the official seal of Webster Silk, Adherent Minister of the Interior

"Not one to waste words, either," Karigan remarked

They convened once more at the table to resume their conversation that had been interrupted by the courier

"I aan said before either of the men could speak

"I think she should," Cade said over Luke’s protest "She has as ht I should know" Then he gazed at Karigan "And she won the esteeinable deeds If any of us is an"

Karigan s under the table He did notof it to Luke earlier She was just as glad She was too accusto quiet on the subject

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