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Red Hand drew his sword

'Get after hiether and yelled at the overweight man as he claue jumped clear and pranced ni horns and scattering loaves of bread

Fire Tongue reached the end of the table and stopped The crowd fell silent The youngknife The red man's sasoff an are of the table and stuck out his tongue

'Insolent puppy!'

Red Hand's sword slashed out and the young s and he landed on the flagstones beside the main door Red Hand clambered down and pursued him outside

Toht?'

The Chariot Master didn't reply His eyes were on the royal dais where the queen was flanked by her retainers Thunder stood behind her Toe on the knuckles of his hand Griffin got to his feet and left the Hall with a group of warriors

Tom returned his attention to the queen

The old wo to Thunder but her eyes were on Adrina and her coht Outside, in the chariot enclosure, studded boots sounded on the cobblestones To and climbed the massive timbers The diners turned their heads and followed the shouts of abuse and threats of retribution

The shouting reached the eves and stopped while the two antagonists negotiated the overhang Then it started up again Threats and insults followed as the two men clawed their way up the roof Wooden tiles cascaded into the hall The line of destruction reached the ridgeline and stopped

For a while there was silence

Then so more tiles as it made its way down It reached the eves and the noise of falling tiles was replaced by the dull thud of soround No one spoke Eyes turned to the wall So

The jaunty little tune h the chariot enclosure to the ue appeared He carried a bundle of red cloth and went straight to Adrina's table where he set it doith as little cere a parcel … then slipped away