She committed these names to her memory, though she did not know if she would learn all those faces that were attached to them. Rosie she knew, but not the others. Perhaps she would know them all before this time ended, but she knew not whether they would return to Darrow or their own lands. She wished to return to the Mark, of course, but not if it would leave Jamie unprotected.

"A mad ruler is a dangerous one," she agreed. "Even more so if their kingdom is not large. What need we do to prepare for his arrival?"