Chapter 5Ten days passed after the dinner at Second Esperah Dorrado’s home. The diakonos assigned another second esperah to take care of my meals and my room. I looked throughout the kahall for Second Esperah Dorrado, but she was nowhere to be found. I’d thought I was acting with Morrim Pomodore’s approval, but I could not get a meeting with him to discuss this reassignment, even with Diakono Copperwith’s help. His request was denied by the other diakonos, and he was told to maintain his duties while he was still here in Santa Teresa.
I felt bad for Second Esperah Dorrado. If she had never met me, none of this would have happened to her. I was convinced that her parents did believe I had Oscar Ortega’s copy of the Book of Kammbi, but it hadn’t changed their minds about their daughter’s ma
