Chapter 60: Peacetime Proclamation

His words seemed of little help to his friend, and Eliezer struggled to think what could be done for the man from Delphi to comfort him. 'Jordan... please, cheer up. All is not lost.' There was a knock at the door. He looked to the door and then again to Jordan, who was still quite depressed and entirely despondent. 'I had better be the one to get that.' Phia was cooking dinner for them, and, given Jordan's present state, he thought it best that he shouldn't be the one to answer, either. He...