196Harry Turtledove But they didn't, and soon began blazing into the pear orchard from tside. Marshal Rathar endured the search to which King Swernmel's body-guards subjected him with less aplomb than he usually showed. Thatwould mean half rations for sure, and whatever other punishments theredheads chose to add. Maybe one of her clever colleagues would be able tofigure it out after seeing exactly what she'd done.
Maybe you will. It's nastywork, to be sure, but someone's got to do it. trying to save his own skin, the new masters of Gromheort would be able to scoop him up with the greatest of ease. Snow and ice covered them from their peaks morethan halfivay down to the lower ground that ran toward the sea.
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