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Employment
Julian was speechless. How was he supposed to react to that?
Raedrick, as usual, was quick on his feet. "Why don't you start with telling us who this Farzal person is."
Mayor Brimly looked disappointed as he sat back in his chair, but the Constable's eyes were understanding. In point of fact, Julian could swear the doubt he had seen in the man's eyes faded when Raedrick asked the question. What, did he think they were a couple of rank amateurs, who would take a job without knowing what it entailed? Apparently, he had. Or at least he had feared they were. Julian wasn't sure which was worse.
"A month and a half ago," Malory said, "a merchant caravan pulled into town with one carriage burned and two men dead. They told of being attacked by robbers in Holbart's Pass. A few da
