“I am Durhal’s wife. I came to get my dowry, father.” The drunkard growled in disgust; but she laughed at him so gently that he had to look at her again, wincing. “Is it true, father, that the Fiia stole the necklace Eye of the Sea?” “How do I know? Old tales. The thing was lost before I was born, I think. I wish I never had been. Ask the Fiia if you want to know. Go to them, go back to your husband. Leave me alone here. There’s no room at Kirien for girls and gold and all the rest of the story. The story’s over here; this is the fallen place, this is the empty hall. The sons of Leynen all are
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