“Are you questioning the power vested in me by His Excellency?" demanded Treble. "Are you challenging the authority of the Grand Steward himself?" Maxim Childersin let out a long breath, and suddenly it was hard to imagine that smiles had… — Frances Hardinge Copy Share Image
“Some say the favor of the Grand Steward is double-edged. They are wrong. It is all edge, and everybody knows it, and still all the courtiers spend their every waking moment clutching at it and bleeding.” — Frances Hardinge Copy Share Image
