Ho there, scribe. I see that you write well enough. Can you also read?'

'Obviously you cannot, boy,' he replied. 'For if you were able to read, you would see that my sign' -he pointed to a piece of paper pinned to the wall above his head - 'says: Reading and Writing - Careful and Discreet- the Sinistro Scribe.

Autore: Theresa Breslin