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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jobu" data-source="post: 253534" data-attributes="member: 242">Marja deftly sidesteps his proposal, indicating she can’t commit to anything until this whole matter is resolved and her name is cleared.  Duncan sees the wisdom of this and drops the subject for the time being.  Eventually, the group asks the Lord for a list of Gobrey’s friends.  Once again he bellows to the timid Cringe who cries out and jumps forward.  He provides the party with several names - Whimsy, Willenforce and Cotter.  Both Kel and Morgaine recognize the latter two but no one knows the former.   Duncan also indicates that he has business interests in Amalthea, a forge, and the group suspects this is the motive behind Cosette’s “attraction” to Gobrey.  “Kel, find my boy.  Break this enchantment.  Throw some money around and tell people you didn’t do what they said you did and I’ll back you up.”Duncan offers to fund this bribing spree and then says he’ll write a letter of diplomatic immunity should they be caught by the guard again.  “Now, I’m hungry.  It’s dinner time so you all go get washed up and meet me down here for dinner in an hour.”They spend the evening eating a savory meal with more ale, mead and wine then retire to the study for after-dinner drinks and some entertainment courtesy of several local bards.  Duncan once again proposes to Marja then tells her to think about his offer before answering and making a mistake.  They retire to their rooms late in night.Duncan is awake obnoxiously early and his booming voice quickly destroys any further hope of sleep for anyone within earshot - a full half the town.  He greets Kel on the stairs and hands him several sacks of coins.  “Fifty pounds ought to be enough to bribe the right people, don’t you think?”Deke is out of his room and on the landing before the money hits Kel’s hand and Borin charges up the stairs, bacon in hand.  They revel in the sight of all that gold at their disposal.After a hearty repast for breakfast, Cringe helps Marja write the diplomatic letter, Duncan signs it with his seal and offers them horses for their journey.  Gemma, who healed the dog at the lodge, inquires after it, relieved to know it will survive.  She asks the Lord for a pup, when she is done adventuring.  He readily agrees and they bid him farewell.  The party makes its way through the morning streets, en route to find Cotter, the moneylender’s son.  They plan to change most of the gold into gems for easier travel and find information in the process.</blockquote>

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