Chapter Forty One: 'Ah, how good it feels. The hand of an old friend you know you can trust.' Soliloquy(n): An utterance or discourse by a person who is talking to himself or herself and is disregardful of or oblivious to any hearers present. Lorraine's time in the palace since she had been abruptly taken back had not been unbearable. In fact, she believed she had found a new friend in Suvak. Her new lady in waiting had began to show her a warmer side that she did not know existed. Her being stern and unapproachable had seemed to fade in just that week that she spent without her spouse. She had not heard from Zyel in a little over a week, since the ceremony in Davota's cave. Suvak had done much to keep her company during the time and it made her feel more welcome in the palace. Her

