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The upshot was that we put in at New Viron Oreb has a new phrase: "No boat!" It expresses s as well as his, and better than I could , at any rate The rest feel the sa blood nearly killed her, and persuaded Wijzer's crew that she was gravely ill (Hoof knows, I believe, although I have not told hi I have not asked her; and it is at least equally likely that Hoof's suspicions were roused by so Jahlee herself said to hi various people to reco disappointed with those, we settled on the following arrange- all that they can provide beds for-are staying with ht a tent and pitched it in this sandy field belonging to the town, very near the sea The town sent me out, and for the town I labored without payment for nearly two years; it owes e us I hope to be summoned soon to make my report

Gyrfalcon has declared hi it stick Hoof came, and we talked about it He is a tyrant, or at least Hoof says that Calf says he is Many think a tyrant preferable to the anarchy that prevailed earlier That Hoof says also, and I could have guessed it for myself For their sake, I hope they will not learn differently in a year or two

We have been doing e can toHide and I ditched it and cut brush that Jahlee arranged very cleverly against the sides to break the force of the wind I should add that the weather is not as cold as it was, and that is worth any quantity of brush We have a little copper stove, too, which keeps us warly comfortable As soon as I have made o After our store with Wijzer, I am in no hurry

Sunshine and a an, I was in Gaon fighting the Man of Han; I would never have guessed that when it ended I would be nearly hoood to me He reads this, I believe, even as I write it The ink is not yet dry upon h I must remain here for the present, there is no need for hie for a boat to take hiave him money for that purpose and this record, too, as far as the bandits Without proht read it I said he elcome to, but asked him not to show it to you until I have a chance to speak to you He said he would not I begged hi how important it is to ood boy-too serious, if anything He tried to tell et it out We embraced and parted

He has told me a little about his adventures before he found us in Dorp I et him to tell me more when next I see him, and set them doith Hide's adventures in Gaon I must not fail to do this

When the apprentice visitedof books He brought a pen, ink, and paper such as they use in the Red Sun Whorl, and wrote out a few sentences for me: "You are the only client who could leave our oubliette, but chose to stay You must have been in many terrible places if this one does not see his; he used those of his city, which I cannot recall with any precision and which differ in many respects froerous than this, but in none more terrible," I told him

"Youway beside Gyoll"

"On another visit, yes This time ent directly from our ohorl to the Broken Court"

"You can do that?" His eyes ide

"Go straight to the Broken Court? Clearly we can We did"

He shook his head in disbelief He does not have what is called an attractive face; although his piercing eyes smiled once or twice, I do not believe I ever saw a smile reach his lips

"You could write a book yourself, if you chose Nettle and I had a greatwhat people call The Book of the Long Sun now; but every evening when the tere asleep, one or the other of us would work on our book, and soether"

He picked up his pen and see what you would say if you were telling a friend You have friends, I'm sure"

He nodded "Drotte and Roche and Eata Drotte's a little older than I aer"

"But you are friends, all four of you?"

He nodded again

"Then pretend you are talking to Drotte and Roche You ht be inclined to do if you were talking with Eata"

"I see" He re some part of our book about which Nettle knew much ?"

"Exactly When she had ti and graes of her own Still later, I would re-write, incorporating what she had written into our text and perhaps adding a few thoughts of my own After that, she would make a fair copy and ould consider that section done"

"Look at that!" His pen jabbed at his capital Y "If Master Palaemon had written it, it would have been beautiful"

"Leave beauty to your words If your letters can be read, for theh"

"You said your wife copied out everything you wrote"

"She did; but that was the least of the ine actions and conversations She is very good at that In a hundred instances, she refreshed my memory on important points While it's true that she writes a better hand than I, that was et I don't understand how anybody does"

"You're fortunate," I told hie when you come to write a book of your own"

He shook his head "I won't, until I have a scribe tolook better"

"Will you have one?" When I looked only at his rags, I found it difficult to believe; but when I raised my eyes to his narrow, intense face I found it easy

"When I'm a master Master Gurloes has Master Palaemon write for him, mostly But Master Malrubius used to make a scribe come and help him twice a week They have to, if we tell them to They're afraid of us"

"Understandably so" I looked around my little cell for the last time, conscious I would leave it soon and a trifle wistful already; it had been a haven of rest and prayer

"You're not"

"Can you be sure? Perhaps I'm secretly terrified"

He shook his head with an obstinacy that recalled Sinew's "I've seen a lot of that You're not afraid at all"

"Because I'e is afraid"

"He doesn't know, you see" I tried not to smile "Or if he does by this tihter and I will leave hiht"

"She's a witch, isn't she?"

To the best of my recollection I did not answer "What do you say we pay a call on him? Will you shohere you've put him?"

For a moment or two he considered the matter, hand upon chin "I shouldn't let you out"

"I wouldn't ask you to I'll let myself out"