The Rose of Sarifal

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Do not speak to anyone, said Mistress Valeanne.

If someone asks you, then just smile and nod your head. It is a beautiful night, and we are out for a ride by the lakeshore to Crane Point. It is natural for us to be here. No explanation is necessary.

But I thought we should wait for my sister, said Amaranth. Didn t she tell us not to

Yes please, my lady, said Valeanne.

She will meet us where we are going. In the interval, try to remember that since your mother s death, you do not know who is your friend.

But

Hush, said Valeanne.

They had left the water-citadel of Karador before first light. Now finally, at sunset, they had climbed out of the woods of Myrloch Vale and into higher, sparser country; six dragonborn soldiers on their enormous mounts, and two eladrin, one a child.

I m tired, complained Amaranth. I don t understand why I have to hide. When will we be there?

They had changed horses at Glenraugh and taken something to eat away from the company. Now the mounts were weary again, as they left the trees and came up the path between the lakes, Ulls and Innes, one black water, one green. A guard post was there, the source of Valeanne s concern. It stood at the terminus of an old wall left over from human times. Grass grew on its battlements, and the gate had tumbled down. But the torches were lit, a line of intermittent lanterns that stretched from one shore to the other.

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