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moved in the other direction. When they were


43 out of hearing distance, Locklear mimicked the Prince: "You know what
to do. All right: what is this all about?

James sighed and said, "It means I don t get any sleep tonight. "
Locklear said, "Is this your way of telling me it s none of my business?
"

"Yes, " James answered. He said nothing more as they moved to the wing
of the palace which housed their quarters. Reaching the door to Locklear
s room, James said, "I probably won t see you before you leave, also, so
take care not to get yourself killed. " Locklear shook hands, then
embraced his best friend. "I ll try not to. " James grinned. "Good, then
with luck we ll see you at Midsummer s Festival, assuming you don t do
anything to cause Arutha to keep you up there longer than that. "
Locklear said, "I ll be good. "

"See that you are, " instructed James.

He left his friend and hurried to his own quarters. Being a member of
the Prince s court merited James a room of his own, but since he was
only a squire, it was a modest one; a bed, a table for writing or eating
a solitary meal, and a double door wooden wardrobe. James closed the
door to his room, locking it behind him, and undressed. He was wearing
travel clothing, but it was still too conspicuous for what he needed to
do. Opening his wardrobe, he moved aside a bundle of shirts in need of
laundry, and beneath those he found what he was looking for. A dark gray
tunic and dark blue trousers, patched and mended and looking far dirtier
than they actually were. He dressed in those, pulled on his oldest boots
and slipped a well-made but plain-looking dagger into his boot-sheath.
Then once again

44 looking like a creature of the streets, he slipped out through the
door of his quarters, avoiding servants and guards as he made his way
down into the palace cellar.

Soon he was moving through a secret passage that connected the palace
with the city sewers, and as night fell on Krondor Jimmy the Hand once
more moved along the Thieves" Highway.

The sun had set by the time James reached the transition point between
the sewer under the palace and the city sewer system. The sky above
might still be light for a while, but beneath the streets it was as dark
as night. During the day there were places in the sewer where
illumination filtered down from above, tunnels close to the surface
where culverts had broken through, others below streets where missing
stones or open drains admitted daylight.