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was in charge of pickpockets, smash-and-grab gangs, and the urchins who
ran the streets of Krondor.

Limm continued. "The Nightmaster never showed. Word went out and we
started looking for him. Just before dawn, we heard they found the
Nightmaster floating in the sewers near the dock. His head was all
bashed in. " Kat almost gasped. "No one would dare touch him. " Graves
said, "No one in the know. But someone who didn t care about the Mockers
wrath would. "

"Here s the dicey part, " said Limm. "The Daymaster says the Nightmaster
was supposed to meet with the Upright Man. Now, as I understand things,
if the Upright Man is supposed to meet with you, and you don t show, he
s got ways of

24 sending word to the Daymaster or Nightmaster. Well, no word was
heard. So the Daymaster sends one of the boys, Timmy Bascolm, if you
remember him " they nodded " and Timmy turns up dead an hour later.

"So the Daymaster heads out with a bunch of bashers and an hour later
they come running back to Mother s and hole up. Nobody s saying
anything, but word spreads: the Upright Man s gone.

Graves was silent for a minute, then said, "He must be dead. There s no
other explanation for this. "

"And there are bully boys to make a strong man faint chasing through the
sewers, last night, so Jackie and I figure the hunt is on and our best
bet is to lie low somewhere. We got run to ground last night near Five
Points " both Kat and Graves knew the region of the city sewers by that
name " so after they killed Jackie, I figured my best bet was to get
here, with you.

Graves said, "You want to leave Krondor? " The boy said, "If you ll take
me. There s a war on, for truth, and I m the last of my band alive. If
the Upright Man is dead, all bets are off. You know the rules. If the
Upright Man isn t here, it s every man for himself and make what deal
you can.

Graves nodded. "I know the rules. " His voice lacked the rough,
commanding edge Limm had come to know as a boy in the Mockers, when
Graves was first among the bashers. Still, Graves had saved Limm several
times, from freebooting thugs and the Prince's men alike. Limm would do
whatever Graves said.

After a moment of reflection, Graves spoke. "You stay here, boy. No one
in the Guild knows you ve helped Kat and me, and the truth is, I m fond
of you. You were always a good lad, as far as that goes. Too full of
yourself but what boy isn t at