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She saw:

Far below a battle rages On a knoll a child brandishes a useless wooden shile all around her Lions fight and die under the assault of winged riders, the Quht bravely, but their nuain It is only a , she recognized that dark-haired girl She plunged down into the world below thecoe at least? Ai, Lady! Has soof her mother? Will she die likewise, motherless and abandoned?

Liath sets her arrow to the bow, makes ready to draw

But whom shall she shoot? There are fifty, or a hundred, or two hundred Qu around the knoll and, farther away, another equally large group attacks and routs the rear of a legion of Wendish soldiers She recognizes the banner of Saony, but this is only a minor distraction

She ainst so h to save her

To shoot now is to waste the only weapon she has left

Ai, Lord Where is Sanglant?

They had at last gained a good view of the plain and the Quman arrians ca up

"My lord prince!" The captain had served in several elant! Prince Bayan commands you to turn your line about--"

"Turn e short What was Bayan plotting now, de that he turn his line away fro the Quman in battle?

"Look, iven the honor this day of carrying the banner