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Thomas took the time to bathe, shave and comb his hair, before heading back to his tower. He was planning to wear his clothes from the previous banquets, Lady Prellham’s suggestions notwithstanding. Instead, he found a very bored page sitting outside his tower door with a new outfit, along with a note from Henry telling him to sit with the knights and to not be late. The coat and breeches were black, top to bottom, with the Academy’s coat of arms above a pair of crossed rapiers embossed in red on one breast of the black, knee-length coat. It fit quite well over the clean white shirt Henry had also supplied. Given a chance to bet on it, Thomas would have put money down that Henry had been planning his appointment since before he had left Frostmire to travel south. Taking a large breath,
