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IT DIDN’T LOOK like Jintho knew that his brother was set to marry his girlfriend, and Ellisandra desperately didn’t want to be the one who told him. Sariandra obviously knew, but she seemed too terrified to tell him . . . or maybe she had other plans, and Ellisandra desperately didn’t want to know about those either. The less she knew, the less she could be accused of not telling people in authority. She had a theatre production to run. It was none of her business.
In the next month, Jintho went into a frenzy of activity. It seemed he had finally found something useful to do. She was still sceptical about the potential for success, but time would tell and it was out of her hands.
Sariandra came back to the theatre. Costumes were made. The orchestra practiced. Snow fell, rather a lot
