'Why should I lie, anyway? I didn't ask to come here.' 'I'm not a beggar!' Maerad forgot her self-consciousness, and was for a moment simply furious.

And in these days, we must be wary of the spies of the Dark.' An interesting ploy, think you not? Some clever young beggar might seek to enter our ranks in such a way. At last the long-nosed man sitting next to Helgar said with a sneer, 'And how are we to know all this is true? None of this is said to us in the Speech, and we all know that lying is easier that way.

Why should she have to prove who she was? She wasn't pretending to be anybody she was not. Underneath, however, she had a sense of being shamed, and her pride rebelled. She spoke mechanically, wondering why Cadvan sat so silently beside her. She answered as best she could: how old she was, her age when she was kidnapped, who Gilman was, the circumstances of her slavery, how she escaped. She felt foolish and out of place and, glancing over to Helgar, she saw again that hostility in her face. I understand this might be painful, but I would appreciate it if you could answer them.'

'Now, perhaps some of us here might like to ask you some questions.

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