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“We want you to be an actor for us,” Mollymauk states abruptly. “Join our troupe. We will pay you fair wages, clear your debt with this house of flesh, and supply you with an improved place for board.”
Caleb’s head spins. “A troupe?”
“You won’t be a lead actor,” Jester amends, as if it improved the deal at all. “But you’ll play roles with spoken lines, and silent roles too. We need another pair of feet to stomp our stage. If you can sing, that will help. We can always do with more singers.”
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Caleb, whose life is hard and cold and hungry, is offered an escape — an exceedingly odd one. Some might say that all the world’s a stage, but not all are so willing to face its audience.