- [Last lines]
- Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: [reading the journey book] Lord Rahl is sending a message.
- Richard Cypher: What's he saying?
- Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: Four words.
- Kahlan Amnell: "I will find you."
- Darken Rahl: Are you trying to trick me?
- Queen Milena: I'm sorry?
- Darken Rahl: This box is a counterfeit.
- Queen Milena: That's not possible.
- Darken Rahl: Isn't it?
- [lifts the spell and reveals the box to be a simple wooden box]
- Darken Rahl: Someone has used magic to turn an ordinary spice box into a look-alike Box Of Orden.
- Queen Milena: But there is nobody with magic powers in my castle.
- Darken Rahl: Your stupidity is stunning.
- [turns to his general]
- Darken Rahl: Seal the castle. No one gets in or out... And bring me the puppeteer.
- Princess Violet: Now, show the puppeteer what I taught you before I hit you again.
- Rachel: How do you do, kind Sir?
- [her hand goes to her cheek, rubbing where it still hurts]
- Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: [smiling] Very well, thank you. And it is indeed a pleasure to make your acquaintance. May I ask your name?
- Rachel: [softly] Rachel.
- Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: Hmm.
- [smiles]
- Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: Rachel. How did you come by such a beautiful name?
- Rachel: I was named after my grandmother.
- Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: Where's your grandmother now, dear one?
- Rachel: The Queen's soldiers killed her. She didn't fall to her knees fast enough when the Queen came riding by in her carriage. They killed my mother and my father and my brother too.
- [the Wizard's hand on her cheek]
- Rachel: You took the sting away!
- Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: Rachel, I need your help with something very important. Have you ever been in the Treasure Room?
- Rachel: Yes.
- Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: And have you seen the Box of Orden?
- Rachel: [nods] Yes. Princess Violet hates it, because it's the only thing in the castle
- [shakes her head]
- Rachel: she's not allowed to touch.
- Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: And does Violet ever take the key off her neck?
- Rachel: [shakes her head] No, she even sleeps with it.
- Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: And do you sleep in the room with her?
- Rachel: [indicates basket fit for a dog] She makes me sleep in that box, but sometimes, when she thinks I'm being bad, she makes me sleep outside. Sometimes I'm bad on purpose, because I like sleeping outside better. I like hearing the crickets.
- Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: Rachel, I have something special I'd like to give you.
- [the little girl pulls in her breath at the sight of a wooden puppet]
- Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: It's called... a Trouble Doll. You tell her your troubles, and she takes them away for you.
- [Rachel smiles]
- Rachel: [smile fades] I can't. Princess Violet says I'm not allowed to have my own toys. If I keep it, she'll throw it in the fire.
- Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: Rachel, in all my travels, I've never met a ghastlier little monster than Princess Violet of Tamaran.
- Rachel: Shh! If the Princess knows you said that, she'd have you killed!
- Kahlan Amnell: [Richard killed the soldier they should have captured alive] Why did you do that? I had him!
- Richard Cypher: It looked to me like he had you!
- Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: I'd give all the riches in the world not to have to place such a terrible burden on you. If there was any other way, I...
- Rachel: Don't be sad, Ruben, I can do it. I want to do it.
- Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: Rachel, you are now the most important person in the world.
- Rachel: Don't worry, it will be easy to get out. Everyone treats me like I'm invisible anyway.
- Darken Rahl: [before he dips his quill in the blood of the dying Queen] Have no fear for your daughter, Your Highness. She'll grow up surrounded by the most precious jewels. As a slave in the deepest caverns of the Mines of Athanasia.