[Nell du'Galle]

Lohrtar

She smiled, impressed with the man’s credentials, although it was hard to believe that the travel-worn scruffy man before her had been an assistant Aedile at that precise moment. Yet, she reasoned, it would do no harm to see how he fared working in the Artists Nook. After all, if things didn’t turn out well, they could always fire him. However, she had an intuition that this wouldn’t be necessary. Lohrtar spoke well and they needed the help. Her husband and herself were hoping to do extra work in Vers in their chosen arts of art and music and with someone minding the store, this would be possible.

“Well, if the wages suit you, I think we’d be happy to take you on here,” she replied with an easy smile. “Would you like to see your room now? And then tomorrow you can begin. I can show you the store and the different ledgers and inventory and so on in the morning when you’ve had some time to get refreshed …” At that point, her smile went a little wry, for she didn’t wish to make Lohrtar feel bad about his current state, yet it was obvious to anyone with eyes that a shave and a hot tub of soapy water would do no end of good for his appearance.