The Bisumar family was not one of those considered the core Endri families of Miran. They lived on the very high side of town, in the quiet area between Ellisandra’s house and the old city walls. It was a nice area in which the houses were more modern, but smaller and closer together than where she lived.
Today everything was covered under a thick layer of snow. The main Endri families employed groundsmen whose task it was to clear snow, stamp it into blocks and leave it in the street for the sleds to collect. In the minor Endri quarter, yards were too small to justify a groundsman, and because the houses were closer together, the spaces between them acted as snow traps. There were huge mounds, most as yet uncleared.
Asitho Bisumar’s house looked very tidy in comparison, with snow swept
