For the first time in several weeks, Sage had arranged an entire morning during which nobody was permitted to disturb him with construction estimates, merchant complaints, or arguments concerning the price of warehouse timber.
Achieving this remarkable freedom had required considerably more effort than he anticipated.
Boren had initially objected to the arrangement, insisting that the Guildmaster couldn't simply abandon his responsibilities whenever he pleased.
Sage had responded by presenting him with a carefully prepared schedule assigning routine decisions to the appropriate department heads, leaving only genuinely important matters requiring his attention.
When Boren discovered that Sage had also arranged for him to oversee several outstanding administrative matters, his objections became considerably louder.
Nevertheless, Sage eventually escaped.
