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           "

           "Whodestroyeditall?Humans?"

           "No,theydid.Beforetheyleft."

           "Why?"

           "Theyknewtheywouldn’tbecomingback.Ithappenedfollowingtheirsecondclashwiththehumans,morethantwohundredyearsago.Beforethat,theyusedtoleavetownsuntouchedwhenthey

           retreated.Humansusedtobuildonthefoundationsleftbytheelves.That’showNovigrad,Oxenfurt,Wyzima,Tretogor,MariborandCidariswerebuilt.AndCintra."

           "Cintra?"

           Heconfirmeditwithanodofthehead,nottakinghiseyesofftheruins.

           "Theyleft,"whisperedCiri,"butnowthey’recomingback.Why?"

           "Tohavealook."

           "Atwhat?"

           Withoutawordhelaidhishandonhershoulderandpushedhergentlybeforehim.Theyjumpeddownthemarblestairs,climbingdownholdingontothespringyhazel,clustersofwhichhadburstthrougheverygap,everycreviceinthemoss-covered,crackedplates.

           "Thiswasthecentreofthepalace,itsheart.Afountain."

           "Here?"sheasked,surprised,gazingatthedensethicketofaldersandwhitebirchtrunksamongstthemisshapenblocksandslabs."Here?Butthere’snothingthere."

           "Come.