The Queen's envoy CHAPTER VI
First of all, we left the ruins where we had spent the night, heading towards the Giastikeheki mountains, but our path was slowed by our choice not to thread beaten tracks, but to pass through the wilderlands. This way we could elude those who were on our heels. The walking took several days, but eventually we found the hermit. The old man did not immediately recognize me, but, as soon as I told him what he had done for my daughter, his memory cleared. I introduced to him the Queen's envoy, who presented his question to him.
The hermit spent many hours thinking about what he had been told. Eventually he gave us a basket of intertwined twigs, covered by a lid. He opened it before us, in order to show us it contained four little turtles, each of which had a
