Don't write that down, youfool. Grey glanced around the courtyard in a conspiratorial fashion, thenlowered his voice. Hal's heartleaped as he saw the folded cloak in his father's hands. From the corner of his eye he saw Sabah break and run, throwing asidehis sword and scurrying for the hatch to hide below decks.
Then he threw fresh wood upon the fire, and kneltto blow it. Each showed a riding lantern at themasthead, and another at the stern. If you areever unfortunate enough to meet one of them, a fate from which yourthree gods should protect you, you will find out more about theirpoison arrows than their paint pots. He anticipated each ofHal's moves, offering him a wall of glittering steel when once heattempted the riposte, beating his blade aside then coming on againremorselessly.
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