Chapter 23‘Party tricks!’ Nertha was almost spitting with rage. ‘The charlatan! And how could you be taken in like that?’
‘It was water!’ Vredech shouted, both embarrassed and indignant. ‘I don’t know what happened, but I’m not a child, for pity’s sake. I was taken in by nothing. I had the glass in my hand all the time. I’d drunk half the stuff. And don’t tell me I can’t recognize one of Dowinne’s drinks. He barely touched the outside of the glass and it changed as I was watching it.’ He held his hand near to his face. ‘It was this faraway.’
‘I’ve seen street clowns in Tirfelden do more mysterious things,’ Nertha sneered.
Vredech rounded on her furiously. ‘Damn it, Nertha! Shut up if you’ve nothing to say.’ Nertha’s jaw came out and she clenched her fists menacingly, but Vredech pressed
