Joy For Many, Sorrow For One
The Never Ending Quest - Episode 4826
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When three figures come into view, the captain of the watch follows his
instructions
and orders the portcullis to be lowered. In the strange situation in which
the castle's
inhabitants find
themselves, any visitors have to be treated as potentially hostile until
proved otherwise. As the
figures approach, the captain recognises two of them as Duke Dredrick and
Lord Frederigo.
His heart lifts. But then it occurs to him that the resemblance could be a
mage-induced
illusion.
Fred 1 and Dredrick recognise the figure peering down at them from the ramparts as being the captain of the watch. That encourages them, since it is one more piece of evidence that this is "their" castle rather than an analog. "Open up and let us in. Don't you know your lord," orders Dredrick, hoping that he really is the man's lord. "Excuse me, My Lord," the man replies, "but with the strange things that have happened lately I have to be careful, and to check that you truly are who you appear to be. Please would you tell me your daughter's name." "Fredrina," Dredrick says, affecting a confidence that he doesn't really feel. What if this should prove to be only a close analog? For all he knows, the daughter in the analog could be called Ingrid. "And her birthday?" Dredrick thinks for a moment. He has never been very good at remembering birthdays. "May the eleventh," he says. "My Lord, welcome back!" says the captain, relief on his face. "Raise the portcullis!" he calls to the unseen men below.
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10/10/1999 12:52:31 AM
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