A public trial hearing CHAPTER V
Sigh Ruaran
After leaving the village, Hairam and I resumed our journey, coming to the city of Sigh Ruaran. We decided we would spend at least two days in the gracious centre, wishing to visit the most eye-catching sites, as much as to acquire the local workmanship products. Therefore, after spending a night in a city inn, we visited the markets and the alleys of the old town. Anyway, that day the normal activities of the people were suspended by a public trial hearing, taking place in the great square of the city. We asked a citizen to tell us what was the cause of that noise, and he told us the story of the two men whose case was going to be put to trial that very day. “One of them”, he started, “is called Hagorbad, and he is the rich owner of an agr
