Buttheweekhadnotpassed，whenDaylightnotedtheflashinDede’seyesthatbodedtrouble。”Something’sgonewrong——whatisit？”heaskedboldly。”Mab，”shesaid。”Themanwhoboughtherhassoldheralready。IfI
thoughtyouhadanythingtodowithit——””Idon’tevenknowwhoyousoldherto，”wasDaylight’sanswer。”Andwhat’smore，I’mnotbotheringmyheadabouther。Shewasyourmare，andit’snoneofmybusinesswhatyoudidwithher。Youhaven’tgother，that’ssureandworseluck。Andnow，whilewe’reontouchysubjects，I’mgoingtoopenanotheronewithyou。
Andyouneedn’tgettouchyaboutit，forit’snotreallyyourbusinessatall。”
Shewaitedinthepausethatfollowed，eyeinghimalmostsuspiciously。”It’saboutthatbrotherofyours。Heneedsmorethanyoucandoforhim。Sellingthatmareofyourswon’tsendhimtoGermany。Andthat’swhathisowndoctorssayheneeds——thatcrackGermanspecialistwhoripsaman’sbonesandmusclesintopulpandthenmoldsthemalloveragain。Well，I
wanttosendhimtoGermanyandgivethatcrackaflutter，that’sall。””Ifitwereonlypossible”shesaid，halfbreathlessly，andwhollywithoutanger。”Onlyitisn’t，andyouknowitisn’t。Ican’tacceptmoneyfromyou——””Holdon，now，”heinterrupted。”Wouldn’tyouacceptadrinkofwaterfromoneoftheTwelveApostlesifyouwasdyingofthirst？Orwouldyoubeafraidofhisevilintentions”——shemadeagestureofdissent”——oroffolksmightsayaboutit？””Butthat’sdifferent，”shebegan。”Nowlookhere，MissMason。You’vegottogetsomefoolishnotionsoutofyourhead。ThismoneynotionisoneofthefunniestthingsI’veseen。