But what of the punishment from All Gods?
Why could someone as greedy as himself now live in a sturdy and durable brick house, able to eat three meals a day?
Glen and Keli grew stronger and stronger by the day.
During this time, they had learned their left from their right and how to count from one to ten. Someday, they could pass the Lord's selection and become a soldier earning military pay.
Meiqie'er, Wayne, and Lana were flourishing.
They learned to read and write every day at Origin Manor— a privilege only the Steward enjoyed.
He tossed and turned whenever he thought of this.
His least promising son, Wayne, who could never work properly and was always complaining of hunger, was going to become a Steward!
One day he could become a clerk like Jimmy.
Meiqie'er had said that Wayne learned quickly, had received praise from the Lord of the manor, and he had even met the Lord alone.
