"You could ascribe that title to many people at court. It is hardly an insult anymore." When it is applied to someone in the employ of the King, it is...." It makes sense for Mandas. He obviously realizes he has fallen out of grace with the High Lords, perhaps permanently. Now he seeks to align himself with the King." Norlan lowered his hands. "This worries me."Ardon raised an eyebrow. "You? Worry? About what? Let him be the King's toady, for all the good it will do with the High Lords in the. He let out a scream when the hood came down, and, luckily for me, Bill and Janice were just leaving for the day. They heard the scream where nobody was supposed to be and came running to see what was going on.They saw me at the car and holding down the hood pinching Joey's guts. He was yelling to be released, so I opened the hood. He turned to look at me and must have gone crazy! He pulled a knife out of his pocket and flicked it open. The blade was about 4½ inches long, and he did not hesitate. Two-thousand-three, I believe.”“You’re sure?” Barns asked.I nodded. “I worked on cars during my summers back home.”He nodded and asked, “You didn’t happen to catch the license plate, did you?”The coffee maker chimed that it was done brewing. I turned and pulled out two cups while thinking about his question. “YT3-FF8A,” I said and handed Lieutenant Williams his cup. “Sugar? Creamer?” I asked him.He shook his head sipping. “No, this is perfect.”“What happened after they drove away?” Radcliff. We sat down to a dinner of delivery pizza and apple wine. At dinner I found out that Bill had to leave early the next morning for a training session for his work and he would not return until Sunday night. Bill said “Tina you are going to have to do something really nice for Jim because he is giving up his whole weekend just to help us”.Tina turned a little red and said “I would be glad to!”I said “why don’t we invite Jill to help us? She is good at painting and she likes to help”. Tina.