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I end up eating in the kitchen with Ghost Suit and Ghost Dress.   

Their dinner, which they share with me, is a hearty vegetable stew, black bread smothered ...

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I would describe the dinner table—the gold flatware, the linen napkins, and the crystal glasses. 

I would tell you about the heavenly smell—the bowls heaped with ...

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“Princess Pleasant,” Asphodel says in a purring voice, “I can’t tell you how pleased I am that you decided to accept my offer.” 

He stands and comes ...

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Rancor and I gallop past bucolic fields and rolling hills, until we suddenly enter the sfumato zone. 

It’s hard to describe what it’s like; apart from ...

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I leave the cart and go to find Gertie to ask a favor.  It’s kind of a big one.

She is busy haggling with the town elders ...

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The minstrels take my father into one of their carts and close it up to hide him from the returning crowds. 

While it had been whispered for some ...

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Dexterity kills it with her contortionist’s routine. 

She gives the crowd the full Cirque du Solei, and considering the level of entertainment available to the people in ...

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I step out of the carriage. 

Every girl has that dream of walking down the stairs and making the jaws drop and the music stop.  Her skin glows ...

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There are plenty of places to sit in the carriages, and now that nine mounts have found themselves bandit-less, there are also plenty of horses to ride. 

But ...

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We have to camp at the clearing because it’s too late for us to move down the road unless we want to travel in the dark, which ...