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"I don’t knohy you let her bond you in the first place," Mat said The street was nearly e, its yellow light spilling into the street

"I didn’t have a say in the ret it Did you really sneak into the palace to ed "I have some questions"

"About what?"

He replaced that ridiculous scarf, which she noticed had a rip in the s"

Mat was one of the feho kneho she really was He couldn’t , "I don’t want to talk about it"

"Bloody ashes, Birgitte! I need your inforreed to keep each other’s secrets"

"And I’ yours," Mat said quickly "But, see, there’s this issue"

"What issue?"

"The Tower of Ghenjei"

"That’s not an issue," she said "You stay away fro building, Mat It can’t exactly chase you down"

"Very a? Of, er, hed "Bloody right, you’ll buy," shehim onward They entered the inn, known as The Grand Hike, which was crowded beyond usual because of the rain The innkeeper was a friend of Birgitte’s, however, and he had the bouncer toss out a drunkard sleeping in one of the booths to make room for her

She tossed hily head to her--he wasseveral teeth, one eye, and itte held up two fingers to order drinks--he knew that she took milk these days--and she waved Mat to the booth

"I don’t rightly think I’ve ever seen an uglier man than that innkeeper," Mat said as they sat

"You haven’t been alive long enough," she said, leaning back against the wall and putting her booted feet up on the table There was just roo on the bench of the booth lengthwise "If Old Snert were a few years younger, and if soht consider hiet your fingers in"

Mat grinned "Have I everwith a woed "Ghenjei Why in the nao there?"

"Whose ears?" Mat asked

"Answeras the serving girl delivered it Uncharacteristically, he didn’t slap her backside, though he did give her a good leer as she walked away "The bloody snakes and foxes have a friend ofa pull on his drink