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	Your heart misses a beat the instant you recognise 
Š	the face of this unhappy young woman. It is Oriah, 
Š	the highborn daughter of the Funtal of Fio Fadali, 
Š	the runaway who travelled with you aboard ιThe Pride 
Š	of Sommerlundι on its ill-fated voyage out of 
Š	Barrakeesh. Ever since she was abducted in the 
Š	mountain town of Kilij you thought it unlikely that 
Š	you would ever see her again. Yet here she sits, 
Š	alone and dejected in a hall that is overflowing with 
Š	an abundance of riches.

	"Oriah ?" you whisper hesitantly, hardly daring to 
Š	believe that it is really her. She raises her head 
Š	and her eyes widen with shocked surprise when she 
Š	sees you. Then a smile, filled with hope and joy, 
Š	lights up her tear-streaked face. She leaps from her 
Š	chair and comes running to you to throw herself into 
Š	your arms.

	"Oh Grand Master," she sobs, "I never thought that 
	I'd see you again. How did you know that I was 
	here ?"

	You tell Oriah of what has happened since you arrived 
Š	in Ghol-Tabras, and that you had no idea that she was 
Š	here at all. She explains that after she was abducted 
Š	by slavers in Kilij, she was sold to Sesketera who 
Š	brought her here to his citadel. She is to be kept 
Š	imprisoned in this hall until their wedding day, one 
Š	month from now. 

	"Let us escape from this place together," you say, 
Š	but she shakes her head. "No, it cannot be. Sesketera 
Š	is holding my friends. They are his hostages. If I 
Š	leave the citadel before our wedding day he will put 
Š	them to the sword. I cannot leave. But I know how I 
Š	may help you to escape. Come, Grand Master, follow 
Š	me."


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