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. He said that some
day you would give your heart to one of those escorts."
"And so I have," Goldmoon whispered. She raised her
lips, so that she could kiss him, but Riverwind pulled away
from her and held her at arms length.
"I must admit," the warrior said, "I felt certain of
myself, seated next to you at the banquet. I could not
imagine you with Hollow-sky, though my mother often
warned me that the two of you were a likely match. When I
saw you watching the dancers and realized you wanted to
dance, I thought, 'She is just a woman, like other women.'
But I was wrong. You will never be just a woman. You are
and always will be Chieftain's Daughter. Now I doubt my
worthiness. I am still poor, and our gods remain different."
Goldmoon was silent for many moments, before she
said, "If I do not doubt your worthiness, then neither should
you. And your fortunes might change."
"And the gods?" Riverwind asked.
"They will show us a way."
"Whose?"
"Yours, mine, both - it makes no difference. My mother
used to say that hope is a gift from the gods we must never
lose."
"My mother has said that, too," Riverwind replied.
"Well, we must find some way out of here, or it will truly
make no difference to our corpses!"
Goldmoon felt him take her hand in his and together
they edged their way along the wall
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