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Richard Vowell pulled his hood over his ears and tried to stay awake It was thein All Hallows Betty had put it there She'd found a group of horeen, and taken pity on thean, it was Richard's job to expel sleepers But that duty didn't begin until he'd unlocked the church in the ht think, All Halloas more than a chapel of ease In the absence of a community hall, it provided a variety of social services and one was to care for the poor and needy

'I'ruel waiting for you when you get back'

She left and Thoed froot to report, squire?'

'John Tucker and Wat Paskuly are here and the un theaway'

Richard settled into a more comfortable position and theorised on the different levels of sleep There was deep sleep and shallow sleep Awakening from shallow sleep did little to jar the nerves But, if you were deeply asleep and a sudden noise disturbed your dreams, that could be very bad for your constitution

Deep sleep happened about half-an-hour after you put your head on the pillow Richard listened to the distant sound of chanting and followed the service from the rise and fall of theto a close and for the cold of their chapel for the ept passage outside One by one, they would mount the stairs to their dormitory One by one, they would kick off their sandals, snuff out their candles and slump down onto their cots fully dressed

Richard started to count It was so he'd done in France After his second injury, he'd surrendered his bow and turned his unpowder over eant didn't have to be as agile as an archer Good training and an ability to co Firing cannons wasn't only about knocking doalls It was about de the enemy You didn't just shoot off your balls when the mood took you You timed your bombardment for when the other side was most vulnerablejust like you timed your bells

After a measured time, he rose from his bench and looked around Most of thesheep, or whatever monks did when they couldn't sleep