Scourge of Antares

Chapter four

Chapter fourThe door opened onto a courtyard. The slanting rays of the twin suns fell in ruby and emerald across the northern wall. Shadows bathed the rest, the courtyard was not overlarge and the walls were three storeys tall, pierced with small dormitory-like windows. The impression I had, from this place and from Veda’s map, was that it formed a wing of the main building.

The party ahead were just about to enter a door opposite, and a girl coming out shrank away. She was a Fristle and she wore a neat yellow apron over her simple clothes. I followed.

There were eight guardsmen in the audo, the section being commanded by a dwa-Deldar. They went into the building. The Fristle serving girl gave me a little half-bow of the head, half-curtsey as we passed. Having some knowledge of the way t