She might even take the f*******n scroll, and one or two others, back to her guest chamber tonight. She would put another scroll into the f*******n compartment, close its door, then leave open the doors of the cubicles she left actually empty. If Elvannon came and saw her light, she would say she had been unable to sleep—it was true; she felt as if she would not be able to sleep again until she was in her own cottage tomorrow night—and had gotten some scrolls to read. Probably he would not check which ones. If he went to the study alcove at all, the sight of the open doors would satisfy him. She had not told him which of the f*******n compartments she had opened. The only way he could learn that she had a secret scroll would be to check each one of the ten f*******n cubicles, or each of th
