“There was something awfully familiar about him. If those white pants were tucked into tall boots, if he posed properly, and if I saw him out of the corner of my eye, he’d look like … “You!” I blurted. “You’re the extra jockey! I knew I saw something at the restaurant.”“Aw, you spotted me back there?” the gnome grumbled. “I thought that was a pretty good disguise, even if I hadn’t also used some magic.”“Your magical veiling doesn’t work on me,” I said. “And I haven’t seen too many jockeys with l...ong, white beards.”“You saw him before?” Owen asked me.“He was hiding among those jockey statuettes in front of Twenty-one. I guess I got distracted by that other guy I saw and forgot to say anything.” To the gnome, I said, “But how did you find us here?”“I’ve got my ways,” he said, stroking his beard.“The hawk works for you, not the elves,” Owen concluded.The gnome’s bushy white eyebrows shot up. “You spotted the hawk?”“I thought we evaded that hawk,”MoreLessRead More Read Less
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