|
Windhammer, Copyright Wayne Densley 2001 - 2007 All Rights Reserved
|
461
 The stall holds little of interest to you. It is mostly a collection of old kitchenware and travel goods that have seen better days and there seems little reason to spend any money here. The old woman however, is a different matter.
"Anawyn Patrice I presume." you say to the woman as she acknowledges your approach. "It has been a long time."
The woman smiles and stands before Pallenten, hands on her hips. She remembers you as well.
"By the Hand of Providence. If it isn't Master Vesh, alive an' all. Rumour is you've been done by the Law and soon to lose some important pieces. It's a surprise to see you here in the flesh."
You look at the woman and smile more broadly. Anawyn had made her reputation along the frontier as a broker of information, rumour and all the gossip and idle-talk that no thief could do without. Even in your own ill-favoured career you had found need of her uncanny talent for gathering together small facts, and then piecing together the secret movements of money and precious goods that were the key to a bandit's living. Indeed she was the best of her kind and had, in her younger days, been a tall and handsome woman, but the hard life of her vocation had not been kind to her. Standing in front of the delapidated stall you cannot help but wonder what had brought her to such reduced circumstances.
"Come Anawyn, what is your purpose here. There can be no good money to be made from such an isolated aspect. Why are you not in town plying your trade?"
The woman points back towards Miller's Crossing and shrugged her shoulders. "It's nothin' but a minor affront caused to a local merchant that sees me here. Give it a little time to blow over an' I'll be back. But more importantly, what has delivered you from the clutches of the Law, eh?"
You shake your head and say nothing. Anawyn Patrice has been a help to you in the past but that does not mean she can be trusted. Instead of answering you ask a question instead.
"What might I find to the south and west Anawyn? Is there anything a traveller who wishes an untroubled passage might need to know?"
The woman looks down the South Road and then pats Pallenten on the nose before answering. "Polite conversation I give away for free Master Vesh, but information will cost you two rials. How much is such information worth to you?"
|
If you wish to pay the 2 silver coins turn to section 432. If you do not wish to part with any money turn to section 494.
|
|
This book, and its associated books and other documents in the Chronicles of Arborell series are the intellectual property of the author, Wayne F Densley, and all rights are reserved by him. Windhammer is best viewed at 1024 x 768 resolution. Any questions regarding the Chronicles of Arborell can be answered by emailing the author at densleyw@shoal.net.au
|
Windhammer, Copyright Wayne Densley 2001 - 2007 All Rights Reserved
|
