"Marius wasn't a citizen yet, so I can only ask questions about his death, not punish it," he said.

He wept when she asked about Deborah's death; he could not de- scribe this.

"I'm going to have to ask you more questions about Kluge's death."

"For a moment I thought you were going to ask me about my death!"

"I'm here to ask some questions about Jord's death, and the farming ships."

She asked us about his life and his death.

A voice, powerful, insistent, demanding answers, was questioning him, asking about the King's death, if he'd had any allies in his crime.

And maybe he'll decide to go after people who ask too many questions about Daventry's death, also.

"I couldn't allow you to start asking too many questions about her death," Fenella said.

"What you didn't expect was that she would start asking questions about your death shortly after you disappeared."