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| - Jorgen is unruffled. "I've never been to Thomspire. If Goodman Jamesin found a better deal there, he'd take it with or without me," he answers mildly.
- "Goodman Jamesin was the first merchant he started sneaking out to see." Grout quivers with indignity. "Obviously, this was why."
- "Do the Chernoffs have any ties to House Goldfoot, Rona?"
- "Jorgen? What do you have to say for yourself?"
- "I will not keep a fosterling who serves my enemies!"
- "Confine Jorgen to the castle until we get to the bottom of this."
- "That boy had undue influence over Goodman Jamesin and the others. He's working with House Goldfoot," Groat accuses, pointing at Jorgen Chernoff.
- "Do you have any evidence Jorgen was involved, Groat?"
- "I will not condemn you without solid evidence, Jorgen."
- "Historically, no." Rona's brow furrows as she tries to remember the lineages. "No blood ties, no alliances. But they may have come to an agreement."
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