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Inquisitor [[Gregor Eisenhorn]] is having breakfast with [[Alizebeth Bequin]] on the terrace of his house on [[Gudrun]]. Her work with the [[Distaff]] has kept them apart for several years, and only allowed her a week to visit before she has to return to [[Messina]]. Eisenhorn is determined that no official business should interrupt their time, but an urgent message arrives from the widow of Lord [[Aen Froigre]], a good friend of Eisenhorn who died the night before. He feels obliged to investigate, and Bequin accompanies him, quipping that if Lord Froigre's death turns out to be from natural causes, they will be back home by the end of the day.
Over the grounds of [[House Froigre ]] are strewn the remains of a party, and Lady Froigre explains that her husband threw a carnival to celebrate his son's homecoming from the [[Imperial Guard]]. Mindful that he is dealing with the death of a nobleman, Eisenhorn runs through all the natural possibilities: assassination by a rival house or mercantile enemy; intrigues by an unfaithful wife or an ambitious son; or simply the result of too much hard living. Nothing seems to fit: up until last night, Lord Froigre was in robust health, barely past his eightieth year, and there are no signs of foul play. In fact, there are no clear signs as to what killed him at all. As near as the medicae who examined the body could determine, Lord Froigre died of fright.
At a loss what else to do, Eisenhorn draws [[Barbarisater]], his [[force sword]] that is semi-sentient and sensitive to the presence of [[Chaos]], and uses it like a dowsing rod. He finds faint but unmistakable traces over the patches of ground where Lord Froigre died, and where the hololithographer following the carnival troupe pitched his tent.
