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‘We had to ed

‘Go on down,’ the ed It was still smoky and di from the thieves, whores and cutthroats who lived there

‘I don’t kno Platien shuddered

Platie chair on the other side of a s in an open pit He heaved himself to his feet when he saw Sparhawk ‘Where have you been?’ he bellowed in a thunderous voice

‘Making sure that eren’t followed,’ Sparhawk replied

The fatthem toward the rear of the cellar ‘He’s very interested in his health at the ht’ He pushed his way into a s a tankard of watery beer Thehair and a cringing manner

‘This is Pelk,’ Platime said ‘He’s a sneak-thief I sent him to Cardos to have a look around and to see what he could find out about some people we’re interested in Tell hiood it close to them fellers, I’ll tell the world, but I made myself useful, an’ they finally sort of assepted o thoo – swearin’ oaths an’ gettin’ blindfolded the first couple times they tuk me to ther cauard, an’ I come an’ went purty ered at first they wuz jist a buncha as is supposed to be did We sees that sorta thing all the tiht an’ hung’

‘And good riddance to therowled

‘Well sir,’ Pelk continued, ‘like I say, s was jist a buncha them amachoors I tole you about – fellers what’d took up cuttin’ th’oats fer fun an’ profit, don’t y’know As she turns out, howsomever, they was more’n that Ther leaders was six er seven noble plans of the Primate Annias fell on ther faces, an’ they was powerful unhappy ‘bout what the queen had writ down on the warrants she put out fer ‘em – nobles not bein’ accustomed to bein’ called them sorta names

‘Well sir, t’ short it up sos ‘bout one juman, an’ they tuk t’ robbin’ travellers t’ make ends meet an’ spent the resta ther time thinkin’ up nasty names t’ call the queen’

‘Get to the point, Pelk,’ Platime told him wearily