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She patted her short white curls frauests”

“So I see,” said the wizard as he got to his feet with a swish of his blue silk robe He clasped Chance’s outstretched hand “How are you,from your loss”

“Do ye, wizard? Do ye ever recover from a loss like that?”

The wizard sighed and shook his head “But that isn’t why you are here, is it?”

“Not directly, no,” offered the prince, who had met the wizard only briefly when he had helped them in their ith Gaiscioch

“Ah …” he said, waving the us some refreshments, my dear?”

“Of course,” she said S her hands over her flowered apron, she started for the kitchens

He turned back to Chance “Nohat is it you need?”

“Ye know that Trevor and I are hell-bent on catching and stopping Pestale?”

The wizard nodded “I know, but I have wished you would do this without the need for vengeance”

Cha

nce shrugged “It is what it is …”

“Seeking revenge will make you careless I believe it already has, and that is why you are here”

Chance grio alone … but I was in such a hurry to get to him …”

“Her?” asked the wizard, one white thick brow up