"Beautiful and gracious duchess,
might I ask your full name?" you
ask.
"Gabriella. Duchess Gabriella of
Inverness," she answers.
pardon, but there is a young
woman in the castle below who
"A maiden in distress? Why do
you dally here then? Begone!"
requires my assistance. There are
evil men. I suspect they threaten
her life."
"My lady" You bow. "I beg your
You need no further encourage-
ment. You step lightly toward the
"WAIT!"
Her voice chills you, but you
unwillingly turn back.
"Take this," she says, and the
gold-trimmed mirror floats off of
the table over to you.
"I cannot see myself in it
anymore," she says softly.
"Generosity befitting a duchess.
I thank you most humbly." You
bow low and then leave. You find
Reginold around the corner of the
stairs, his sword at the ready.
He begins asking you questions,
but you put up your hand.
"Another time, you say.