Chapter 17
"When will Duke Randolf return?" The Lady Rozlynn sat in the garden with the Lady Anne, watching the tiny tiella birds flittering around picking up crumbs left over from an afternoon tea. Rozlynn was fascinated that these birds still lived with the humans, since to her knowledge, they were no longer being used as messenger birds, and no humans remaining could speak with them.
"He is due back any time now, and I miss him terribly," Anne admitted. "It's been nearly five weeks, and though I know travel this time of year can take longer because of the snow in the passes, I am starting to worry since I have not heard anything."
If only the humans could still talk to the little messenger birds, thought Rozlynn, we could send one of them to find the Duke and see where he is.
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