Chapter 36: Hemal's Pass, Part 5

Handing over the coin, Mahzan nodded and went to the door, even if it was not strictly necessary. Binhadi and Cemal joined him, and they followed the terrified-looking woman up the stairs and down to the end of the hall. She unlocked the door, gave the key to Mahzan, and curtsied low to Binhadi. When he nodded, she all but ran back down the hall.

"Well done," Cemal said with a laugh. "I am sorry. It should have occurred to me that you obviously have never needed to use an inn before. They're deuced annoying, and you're less likely to find vermin sleeping on the bare ground with most of them. I do not think I have ever gotten a room as decent as this. Between Binhadi's reputation and your forthright manner… Well, we shall have to let you obtain all our rooms in the future, hmm?"