"Lord Carowyn," replies the man. "She was dressed as a Queen of Galt. My wife, I mean. Did you see her? It was her idea to give a little party, to take everyone's minds off this dreadful plague. But then there was the gatcrasher, some floozy in a jester's outfit. She... she started shooting everyone with her crossbow, and she was giggling, giggling all the time. Those people who weren't killed outright by the bolts got sick and died straightaway, with that rash across their faces, like her crossbow bolts carried the blood veil. I ran, and hid," he adds, shame-faced.