Chapter Twelve
Ah, Tyllanthine — or Hidenory, as she is most often called nowadays. Tricksy woman. Tricksiest woman I ever encountered, no word of a lie. There’s never any tellin’ whas really goin’ on in her head. Changin’ her face, changin’ her name, changin’ her plans! She is one big secret, an’ she likes it that way.
She ain’t above tellin’ a bit of a lie, if it suits her purposes. That I know. But she ain’t in a hurry to deceive them as she cares for, neither, an’ if I know one thing about Tyllanthine it’s this: she cares about her family, whatever else appearances might suggest. I didn’t believe she’d ha’ harmed Ilsevel, nor Anthelaena neither. But what, then, was she doin’? Sendin’ me to Mr. Tibs, rather than just tellin’ me what she knows. Keepin’ secrets from her sister, too.
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