>TM 4 >LS 2 >PS ON >PL64 >SM6 >CP ON >FO OFF >------L-----------------------!---------------------------R δ347δ The blacksmith pockets your bribe and bids you follow Š him to a smaller room at the rear of his workshop. In Š the quiet privacy of this adjoining room he tells you all he knows about Prince Karvas of Siyen. "The Prince don't live here in Mydnight," he says. Š "He did once, when he first came to Sheasu...that be Š ten years ago now. Then this woman arrived and they Š got wed. He took her up-country. They live up there Š on the north coast somewhere. They rarely visits Š Mydnight these days. Fact is, I havn't seen them for Š more than a year." You thank the blacksmith for the information and Š leave his workshop. On returning to the quayside you Š resolve to explore the tangle of alleyways that make Š up the city's eastern quarter in the hope of finding Š someone else who is willing to tell or sell what they Š know about the prince. Unfortunately, your efforts Š garner no further information. As the sun begins to Š settle on the horizon, you finally abandon your Š search and hurry back through the darkening Š passageways towards the market square. Wizard Acraban and Lord Zinair are already waiting Š aboard the ιStarstriderι by the time you reach the Š square. The magician orders the boarding cage to be Š lowered and you are winched up to the skyship. Both are anxious to hear your news of Prince Karvas's Š whereabouts for their own enquiries have yielded Š little useful information. You inform them of what Š you have learned - that the prince has a wife and Š they are living somewhere on the island's northern Š coastline. Lord Zinair has discovered that Amarelda Š is the name of Karvas's wife, and Acraban has learned Š that they last visited Mydnight exactly a year ago. "You have done well, Grand Master," says Lord Zinair. Š "The citizens of this city are a secretive breed, yet Š you may have prised enough from them to help us find Š our reclusive Siyenese prince." Turning to Acraban, Š he says: "I propose we travel north at first light Š and commence a search of the northern shoreline. It Š will be easier to espy his retreat from the air than Š to attempt a search by land." Acraban nods in agreement and passes word to his Š young crewmen to prepare the ιStarstriderι for a voyage Š north at first light. Turn to β187β