Joffun climbs through seamless passages. Months pass. He makes through hidden ways. Most of a year has gone. He pushes aside a flagstone and comes up by the ornamental bridge in the back yard of Mr. Gulley, whereupon he moves in under it. He makes a horrible face. He crosses his arms and he sits down firmly, like the bridge troll that he is not.<\/p>\n
Helissent stares out the window at him for a while.<\/p>\n
She calls Mr. Gulley over.<\/p>\n
\u201cHoney,\u201d she says. She is weightily pregnant. \u201cThere is a dwarf in our back yard.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA svart-elf,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
She looks at him.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re called svart-alfar,\u201d he says. \u201cBecause . . . well, because that is what they are called. They are presumably svarter than the other alfar, or alfer than the other svarts.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI see,\u201d she says, because she does. \u201cWhat does it want?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want to know,\u201d says Mr. Gulley miserably.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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