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"Your Majesty. . . ."
"Wear it;" she said.
"I will," he replied, slipping it upon the little finger of his left
hand. "Thank you. "
"Rise. I want you to know exactly what has occurred."
He got to his feet, and she began telling him what she had told me,
concerning Dalt's arrival, his forces' disposition, his demands, while I
stood stunned at the implications of what she had done. She had just placed
Luke under her protection. Everyone in Amber knew that ring. I wondered what
Random would think. I realized then that there would not be a hearing. Poor
Bill. I believe he was really looking forward to arguing Luke's case.
"Yes, I know Dalt," I heard him saying. "Once we shared . . . certain
goals. But he's changed. He tried to kill me the last time we met. I'm not
sure why. At first I thought the wizard of the Keep had taken control of
him."
"And now?"
"Now, I just don't understand. I've a feeling he's on a leash, but I
don't know who holds it."
"Why not the wizard?"
"It makes no sense to go to these lengths to claim me when he had me
and let me go just a few days ago. He could simply have left me in my cell."
"True," she replied. "What is this wizard's name?"
"Mask," he answered. "Merlin knows more about him than I do."
"Merlin," she said. "Who is this Mask?"
"He's the wizard who took the Keep of the Four Worlds away from Jasra,"
I explained, "who, in turn, had taken it away from Shah Ganul, who is now
also a coatrack
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