“Now that’s not quite your place to ask, is it?” Quiet though it was, Quin still heard and understood the rebuke and he immediately whatever flippancy or lightness he had felt before completely left him and he came back from tying the horses to stand before Hilderinc to hear the rest of what he wished.
“I’m sorry. I was at the very back of the line. I didn’t see him at all. I can go in and ask some of the others who are inside and who would’ve seen better. I’ll be careful about it. Shall I?”
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