“I’ve spent most of my life in prison.” “Where you did more to spread honesty among Styria’s most dangerous convicts than all the magistrates in the land, I do not doubt!” Cosca slapped Friendly on his shoulder. “Honest men are so very rare, they are often mistaken for criminals, for rebels, for madmen. What were your crimes, anyway, but to be different?” “Robbery the first time, and I served seven years. When they caught me again there were eighty-four counts, with fourteen murders.” Cosca cocked an eyebrow. “But were you truly guilty?” “Yes.” He frowned for a moment, then waved it away.
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