“Good luck. And even if she could leave him, that would mean he’d be left in the hands of the scheming Lettice. Mayhap you will come upstairs and read to me so I may rest. And you must allow Gao to do the killing, for he cannot lead this clan without a wife.
“There we will conceive of a plan. Dougless sat beside her on the bench. He has a most interesting set of teeth. But as they read, especially in the Old Testament, they acquired a suspicion that human lives had once been arranged somewhat better than they were now.
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