Eye of the Labyrinth by Jennifer Fallon

Author:Jennifer Fallon
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Fiction
ISBN: 9780307418050
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2007-12-18T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 44

Tia had developed a theory about human behavior over a number of years, mostly based on her observations of Neris. As far as she could tell, the human brain had a finite capacity. You could only fit so much into one head and, according to her theory, high intelligence came at a price. A person’s intelligence, she hypothesized, was in direct proportion to his common sense, and the more you had of one, then the less you seemed to have of the other.

She felt her theory had been totally vindicated when she emerged clean and contented from her bath, only to learn from the innkeeper that her “brother” had left a message saying he was going for a walk to have a closer look at Bollow’s unique architecture.

Tia was quite willing to accept that, like her father, Dirk Provin had one of those odd minds that saw things nobody else could see. She had overheard enough of his conversations with Neris to know the two of them shared a love for something most people could not even comprehend (although in truth, it was the conversations she had not overhead that really worried her). Neris had tried to explain his fascination with numbers to her once. He had spoken of the elegance of mathematics, of the beauty and simplicity of something so pure that it could never be corrupted.

To Tia, he had sounded like a man in love.

But having the ability to calculate in your head how much the world weighed did not excuse one for acts of blind stupidity, which was what Tia considered Dirk’s little excursion to be. A few hours before, he had been diving into alleys to avoid the Sundancers, and now he was off on a trip to see the sights. The sheer idiocy of it left her gasping.

What if he was recognized? What if he inadvertently ran afoul of the City Guard? Or worse, what if he was up to something? Suppose at this very moment he was betraying her? Perhaps, any minute now, the City Guard would come marching through that door to arrest her ...

It’s my fault, she realized. I should never have let him out of my sight.

“Your brother’s back, miss,” the innkeeper informed her, pointing to the entrance of the taproom. He was a heavyset man with a barrel chest and quick eye for the needs of his customers. Since she had inquired about her “brother’s” whereabouts, he had been watching the door almost as closely as Tia.

Tia’s head spun round to find Dirk standing in the doorway, looking around the room for her. She waved to get his attention. As soon as he caught sight of her, he headed across to the small table she had commandeered near the kitchen door.

“Where have you been, Little Antonov?” she hissed as soon he sat down on the stool opposite.

“I thought I’d visit the Lord of the Suns and ask him to send a message to the High Priestess informing her of

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