Only a few stars glimmered through the overhanging clouds. Three figures lurched out of the darkness. “Begone!” I growled. They sang a few drunken snatches of song, laughed, and staggered on. We turned a corner and walked almost straight into a group of bravos. One raised a hand as though to comm...
This was apparently one of Jibril’s daughters-in-law, and she promised she would see to Najya’s comforts. I did not truly wish to depart, and I think by Najya’s look that she did not desire to be left, yet I followed Dabir and Jibril, my head still spinning. It was as though a spell had been laid...