They ended up finding a house on the edge of the city and crashing there for the night, emerging during the day to learn the language and customs of the locals. Jente had a better knack for learning languages than Engel, so they started the master-slave farce early on and let the locals think Jente was translating for her master out of a sense of duty. When one vendor became difficult, Engel stepped in to prove he did know the language, which left the locals unsettled.
Unsettled was what Engel wanted, but then he enjoyed the power of surprise.
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