Unfortunately for Lambert, things don't gain much more clarity after that. Though he tries again and again to ask Childermass about the man in the book, the witcher gets no satisfying answers, and before long they're both caught up again in the search for more information on the Miracles, and it's all too easy to put from his mind.

It's not until later, much later, that he comes across a book about the Raven King. He doesn't think of it much -- gets it from the Curator on a whim, figuring it'll make an entertaining gift for one or another of the magicians at some point -- but it's forgotten with all the rest, left gathering dust on the edge of his desk.