Chapter 21
DilemmaRanda sat sewing with her ladies beneath the window in her sitting room when there was a knock at the door. She sent Willon to answer it.
'It's the mage, Carthinal,' he told her when he returned. 'He says he would like to speak with you on a matter of some importance.'
'Tell him I'll see him and bring him in,' replied the girl after a moment's thought. She and Carthinal had not been on the best of terms recently and had not seen each other for quite some time.
The mage entered and without any preliminaries said, 'I must speak to you urgently, Randa. In private if you please.'
Randa replied in Grosmerian, the language that Carthinal had spoken. 'My ladies cannot understand us, nor can Willon, but if you wish we will go to the other end of the room.'
When they arrive
