"As the audience applauded, I performed the trick. It ended with my spectacular disappearance in a cloud of sm

"As the audience applauded, I performed the trick. It ended with my spectacular disappearance in a cloud of smoke. When the reprobate came to his senses and hurried to find me and his cherished rapier, I'd already sold it to an unscrupulous vendor and was heading north, to flee his revenge. That's why I try to stay away from the southern lands."