"You have seen the drawing already!" the Cardinal informed him, and he took it out from the portfolio and handed it to him.
"I passed this by because it doesn't seem large — in the drawing, I mean!"
"Come with me and I will show you the real size, Mister Loebh!"
The estates Cardinal stood up and so did Boyce. He led Boyce up a spiral staircase to the second floor and Zoro flew to the top railing beside Orren.
Zoro was spooked by Orren and he quickly flew to a window on one end of the floor.
Soon Boyce and the estates Cardinal arrived at the same window and the cardinal asked Boyce to look to the far side of the valley.
"The rise, over there, Mister Loebh, is called Bimini Hill. The entire mount and the Mansion which stands on it was once the estate of several sovereigns of Pomperaque and Phoride." the cardinal said to him.
Boyce looked out the window, mainly to play along with the Cardinal but also it was the first time that he saw the majesty of the Blue Mansion in this vantage point.
"Oh, yes. I saw that place coming into the city, but I didn't realise that it was the same land as on the sketch. You are right. I probably couldn't afford to but that." Boyce stopped for a moment to look out the window the continued with a simple curiosity. "How much is the lands-office asking for it?"
"Seven hundred gold bits." replied the Cardinal.