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. She knoFws I'll be eating the sugar rolls
Ark is buying, which I think makes her mad, but I have no
idea why. She's one of the people I want to understand by
being a recorder, but so far I haven't figured her out.
When I opened the oak door and went inside where it
was toasty warm from the baking ovens and smelled the
way I imagine Paradise does, Goodwife Filster saw me and
frowned (she never smiles) and said in a nasty voice, "I'm
not open yet, kender."
I said, "I thought you always opened about now."
And she said, "Get out of here, before I call the
magistrate. Go on!"
About then I knew I wasn't going to get a sugar roll or
even a cheese pastry, because Goodwife Filster is funny
sometimes about people who aren't human like her, only
she's not really funny as in funny ha-ha, she's funny as in
funny uh-oh. Ark calls her the Minotaur, on account of she's
strong and heavy and has such a terrible temper, but he says
it's because she's as ugly as one, too.
I was leaving when I remembered what you had asked
Ark to do, so I stopped and said, "I have just one question to
ask before I go."
Goodwife Filster's face knotted up in a way that
reminded me of the Wylmeens' dog, but she didn't say
anything, so I quickly got out my papers and pen and got
ready to write down her answer. When she looked like she
was going to yell at me, I asked my question, which was,
"Do you think the gods did the right thing when they struck
down Istar so that the balance of the world was preserved
and freedom of thought, will, and action was granted to all
once more?" I'm not sure I asked the question exactly as
you wanted Ark to, and I borrowed some of your phrases
from your letter to get it right, but I figured I was close
enough and didn't think it would hurt
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