Lodgings

A small loft above the apple press. Smells of cider in autumn. Cold in winter. Mara is a kind woman who will not negotiate her rent but will leave bread on your table when you have been on the road.

chest · small-fireplace · one-window

— Pell, in the margin: Mara is the cheapest honest landlord in town. She rents to whoever knocks. She has had three priests, two thieves, and a chronicler in the loft this year. — P

A three-story stair-house. The middle floor is the rental. Halbet does not climb to it. He charges fairly for what he does not see.

chest · kitchen-fireplace · two-windows · shared-yard

— Pell, in the margin: Halbet's middle floor has the best small kitchen in any rental I know. The fireplace draws clean. He will not tell you that — you must discover it. — P

A small house, two rooms. The Widow Orlich lives in the front; the back is for rent. She likes a quiet tenant who does not bring the road in with him.

chest · small-fireplace · private-entrance · river-view

— Pell, in the margin: She is not a widow. Her husband is a sailor who is at sea ten months of the year. He came home twice while I was the tenant. He is a fine man. — P

A small room above the Guildhouse. Convenient for tradespeople. Loud during the day, quiet at night, and the meals downstairs are fair.

chest · shared-kitchen · two-windows · meals-included

— Pell, in the margin: The Guildhouse rooms are best for those who are working in the trades. Anyone else will find the morning bell unkind. — P

An upper room in a noble's town-house. The walls are pied with old shields. The bed is older than the shields. The rent is what it is.

chest · private-fireplace · writing-desk · private-yard · kitchen-share

— Pell, in the margin: Lord Quirin will rent you the pied room if you tell him a story. He insists on it. He will charge less if the story is good and more if it is true. — P