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"Practically never," she said with another dramatic roll of her eyes. "But I know what I know." "Years and years, you say?" I said, my mouth suddenly dry. I almost raised my hand to get the attention of the server and ask for some water, but of course that server would"ve been her. I folded my hands together. She was still gloating at me smugly, and I longed to summon the words to fight back. But that wouldn"t further my actual goals. "How late were you here, last night?" I asked instead. "The usual time," she said. "And that is?" I pressed. "Ten or so," she said with a shrug. "Then I walked home." "And where"s home?" I asked. "South of the village," she said. Then that mischievous gleam was back in her eyes. "We"re on the south side now, so you know as well as I that walk was thr