Chapter 32
IN THE DARKNESS of the eternal night in the prison cell, Tandor could tell day from night by the number of meals brought by the guards. During the day, there would be three meals fairly close together, followed by a long time without any meals. Also, during the day, guards came and went, jangling keys, and taking prisoners away, to the courts or the gallows room. Every time someone left, other prisoners took bets as to whether he would be back.
But today, they’d received only two meals, and no one had come to get the prisoners. In fact, no one had come yesterday either. The other inmates went into a frenzy about this. They said the guards never skipped a meal, and sentencing went on every day, even during festivities.
With his knowledge of Ruko and the other children, Tandor
