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"And have clearly moved on to other, better things," Erlein said, glancing at their laden carts"Is Menico still on the road? Is he any fatter than he was?"
"Yes to both," Devin said, concealing the guilt that still assailed him when he thought of his former troupe-leader"So is Burnet last I heard
"Rot him," Erlein said mildly
"Well," Alessan said, looking down from his horse, "we can't do anything about that but if you like we can run you up to Ciorone and a bed before curfewYou can ride with Baerd," he added quickly, as Erlein glanced at the empty seat beside Catriana
"I would be most profoundly grateful
"I don't like Fort Ciorone," prada bags cheap Sandre broke in suddenly"They cheat you there and too many people learn what you're carrying and where you're goingToo many of the wrong kind of peopleIt's a mild night coming, I think we're better off out here
Devin glanced over at the Duke in surpriseThis was the first time he'd offered any such opinion
"Well, really Tomaz, I don't see why
"You hired me, merchant," Sandre growled"You wanted me to do a job for you and I'm doing itYou don't want to listen, pay me now and I'll find someone who will His eyes were fierce within the hollows of his blackened face
And his tone was one that none of them could mistakeWhatever it was, Sandre had a dior gym bags reason for what he was doing
"A little courtesy if you please," Alessan snapped, turning his horse to face the Duke's"Or I will indeed turn you away and let you carry your old bones back to find someone else idiot enough to put up with youI have managed," he said, swinging back to Erlein, "to find the most arrogant Khardhu on the roads of the Palm
"They are all arrogant," the troubadour replied with a shake of his head"Comes with the curved swordsSo too, following his lead, did Devin"There's a good hour of daylight left," Baerd said in a complaining voice"We can make the Fort easyWhy sleep on the ground?"
Alessan sighedWe're new to this coco chanel necklace run and Tomaz isn'tI suppose we ought to listen to him or we're wasting his fee, aren't we?" He looked back at Erlein and shrugged"There goes your ride to Ciorone
"Can't lose what you never had," the troubadour smiled
"You're welcome to share our fire," Devin interjected, trusting that he'd read the Duke's brief glance correctlyHe still wasn't sure what Sandre was doing
Surprisingly, Erlein flushed; he looked somewhat embarrassed"As to that, I thank you, but I've nothing with me to bring to table or hearth
"You have been on the road a long time," Sandre said in a quieter voice"I haven't heard a Palm-born use that phrase in yearsIt's a chloe bags paddington lost tradition, that one
"You have a harp, don't you?" Catriana said, at just the right moment and in her sweetest voiceShe glanced directly at Erlein for an instant, then demurely lowered her eyes again
"I do," said the troubadour after a moment, affirming the obviousHe was devouring Catriana with his gaze
"Then you are far from empty-handed," Alessan said crisply"Devin and my sister both sing, as you've heard, and I can manage these pipes a little bitA harp will go gentle after dinner under the stars
"Say no more," said Erlein"You'll be better company by a long go than my mouth talking wisdom with only my own ears to hear
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