” He looked back at theprince. The guard passed by without looking in. Sayingnothing, Rafe pointed toward the shallow valley lying below. At a gesture from Tristan, the quartetstarted to play.
“But not one of you has answered my first question. The major promised him trans-portation to Paris if he wanted to take it up with the office there. But also know that sometimeseven the mystics can be wrong. Because he had to suffer, so did everyone else.