Chapter 17
The CatThe Cat wandered the corridors in the castle of Frelli. He kept to the shadows as much as he could, and was walking silently, as only he knew how. Wolnarb had been to see him at last, and had told him that he wanted someone discrete and who could listen to other people without them knowing. The Cat had told him that it was a simple job for a burglar. After all, a burglar who could not keep quiet and silent was not going to be around for long. So he was listening and gleaning all he could.
There was little enough to find out though. The people in the castle all seemed to be very much for Wolnarb and his appointment to the role of Master for life. There was something that The Cat knew, though, that they did not. The Master did not have a normal life span. He would be ali
