Adelbert

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If Adelbert had retained the faintest sliver of hope that he was going to talk his way out of this it gurgled away down into the pit of his stomach when he saw those coins. By Verena's grey eyes the things were virtually marinated in the stuff of death!

Still as unpleasant as that was phrases like 'What does it matter what a dead man hears?' or 'With the witch and all his court' were worse yet.

"What is this about destroying the Tilean?" Adelbert spoke up, adding probably truthfully, "No one here hates him more than I do. Perhaps I can help you."