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. People
have been falling over left and rightpoison, duels, assassinations, peculiar
accidents, dubious suicides. A great number have also departed for points
unknown. Or so it would seem."
"I understand, but I don't see where it concerns me." "One time it
would not have."
"But?" "You are not aware that Sawall adopted you, formally, after your
departure?"
"What?" "Yes. I was never certain as to his exact motives. But you are
a legitimate heir. You follow me but take precedente over Jurt and Despil."
"That would still leave me way in hell down on the list."
"True," he said slowly. "Most of the interest lies at the top. . . ."
"You say `most.' "
"There are always exceptions," he answered. "You must realize that a
time such as this is also a fine occasion for the paying off of old debts.
One death more or less hardly rouses an eyebrow the way it would have in
more placid. times. Even in relatively high places."
I shook my head as I met his eyes.
"It really doesn't make sense in my case," I said. He continued to
stare untll I felt uncomfortable. "Does it?" I finally asked.
"WeIl . . ." he said. "Give it some thought."
I did. And just as the notion came to me, Mandor nodded as if he viewed
the contents of my mind. "Jurt," he said, "met the changing times with a
mixture of delight and fear. He was constantly talking of the latest deaths
and of the elegance and apparent ease with which some of them were
accomplished
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