Mumford, you and Maitlan take the back stairs first and run rather than try and fight. Koch and I will take up the rear and deal with any other swords...sent to cut us off there, now get going!"Mumford didn't need the reminder to get his ass moving but Maitlan could be a little dense at times. Traveling together, they looked much like father and son and the two of them wouldn't attract much attention, even if the Blackguard had their descriptions or names, or so I hoped. Mumford was also an. After reviewing the last part of Book 4 again, I went up to change into what I would be wearing there. Since Demons seemed to like to dress up in fancy clothing, I thought I would wear some of the clothes that remained here from my Grandparents and Great Grandparents. My Parents had never discarded any of their clothing. All of it was packed away in trunks in the attic. I found a really nice light blue dress that came with several petticoats up there. There was a broad brimmed summer hat with. I remember hesitating but told him it wasn’t a problem, that it was okay. We went silent and then he asked me if I want to take a walk. It wasn’t that late so I said okay. It was only like 9:30 at night so we walked and we walked and we talked and we laughed some more. He was the sweetest and funniest guy I had ever met in my life. And then he suggested something truly exciting but also odd. He suggested we go out tomorrow and kind of ‘escape’ this resort. I asked him where. He said ‘up there’. " The man led me on, past the forest of high columns to a gargantuan gate. Spanning the full height and breadth of the hall, the gate could not have been built by any human architect, for its size was so prodigious and colossal that every man made wonder might pass through it without ever touching any of its dimensions. The gate was etched with writings as archaic as cuneiform and hieroglyphics, and even runes and Ogham script adorned its surface. I managed to glimpse one passage written in.