Frederigo and Irena Have Visitors

Soon the wagon brought them into what from Irena's description appeared to be the palace courtyard. There it stopped, and they were told to get out and were escorted to a cell within the dungeon.

They had not been there more than half an hour when Captain Alaric of the Guard paid them a visit. He wanted to see with his own eyes the strange couple that his men had apprehended. With him was Father Benedict, who had arrived at the captain's office just as he was leaving to see the prisoners. Whilst Alaric would not have trusted Benedict to interrogate the pair unsupervised, he was willing for him visit them in company with himself.

"I am Captain Alaric of the palace guard, and with me I have Father Benedict of the White Hand. And you would be?"

"I am Frederigo D'Honaire," Fred said, having decided that to mention his unusual first name of "Lord" might not be a good idea.

"And my name is Irena." She had decided that it might be a mistake to mention that she was from Vjorica. If they were truly in the past, who knew how friendly relations between her own country and Allaria would be? History had not been a strong subject of hers, so she had no idea.

1. "The people say that you are demons," Alaric said. He did not believe such piffle himself, of course, but it would be interesting to observe their reaction.

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