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"Someone is hurt and we ht on the floor Well, not exactly a knight, but the other one was a knight-maston He is hurt Look"

"I a"

"No! There is no waiting for theWefor hiht now, so there is no place outside to hide him Help me lift him up here Pasqua cannothi her dark hair Sowe’s hair was straight and dark while Lia’s was curly and gold They were opposites in many other ways as well Her eyes were still closed and her expression was pouty "There is not a knight sleeping on the floor"

"There is Look if you do not believe ames Lia – I a to be awful enough already There is so much work"

"You do not believe hed and shunted her way to the ladder edge on her elbows "I like you sleeping on the floor these last few nights Even though it is colder without…you…oh et him up the ladder"

"Up the ladder? Hiood idea at all Where did he come from? Who is he?" Her eyes ide open now

"I do not think I even know But he is a squire The knight-ainst a tree branch He had a cut in his eyebrow, but I closed it up with so hiht alone"

"Then we should tell Pasqua"

Lia shook her head no "She will only suht said his life was in danger if he was caught He promised to return for hi, he will probably waken We can learn more of him then Do you want his life on your conscience?" She wasa possible reward than she was about the squire’s danger

Sorung her hands, looking down at the body and then at Lia "But we sleep up here, Lia We cannot…you knoe cannot let hih

"He is awake!" Sowe said with a squeak

Lia rushed to the ladder and hurried down as the squire struggled to his feet He swayed, back-stepped, and collided with a trestle table Gingerly, he touched his wound and the bandage covering it