Chapter 6
The QuestioningThe new priest took over vigorously and from the time of his arrival not much was seen of Maal in public places.
The younger man strode about in the village and in the fields beyond, surveying the narrow strips of cultivated grain the villagers worked, the cattle they owned, the wood and straw houses they had constructed. He was interested in finding out all he could about their ways. And wherever he went Thorn followed him, explaining things.
Wardyke (for that was his name) nodded imperiously at the people he passed but did not speak to them. Wherever he went, whomever he met bowed the head and knee to him and did not dare to look into his eyes. It was well known that if you looked directly into the eyes of a priest-magician he could see your inmost thoughts an
