Chapter 41
But, after all, it was only Nicholas of Reist who entered. He closed the door behind him carefully, and approached them. Brand stepped forward. “I have a message for you,” he said. Reist smiled. “A message which it seems you found necessary to deliver to my sister,” he remarked. “I have not been informed of your desire to see me.” “I should not have left the house without doing so,” Brand answered. “My message is from the King.” “Proceed.” Reist stood motionless before the window. In the clear daylight the physical change in the man was painful enough to witness. The flesh had fallen away from his cheeks, leaving great hollows underneath his eyes. His forehead was furrowed with lines, his pallor was unnatural and unwholesome. Brand saw these things, and wondered more than ever how th
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