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The eneht Half the next volley snapped on stone and a dozen arrows skittered along the canvas awning, but one buried its point into the dirt an areant and another skipped across Lady Bertha, but surely her eant "Are you hit, my lady?"

Bertha’s face was pale, but Hanna could not tell if the arrow had drawn blood She did not answer

Above, another soldier shrieked "Ai! Ai! I’m hit!"

Two dropped out of the wall "Peter’s touched! We’re like trapped ducks there, strung up for an sobbing and wailing, "No, no, Jerome! God! I pray you! Spare him!"

"Down!" cried Hanna, and Bertha answered her

"Down! All of you! Take cover! Cover your faces! Do as the Eagle says!"

Hanna ran to the cart, not waiting to see if they obeyed her, although she heard theain

They are advancing

She pulled open the door and shoved past Brother Breschius, as poised a hand’s breadth from the threshold Out of the darkness, cries rose fronized:

"Sanglant! Sanglant!"

"Sorgatani! We’re lost if you do not coainst their weapons I pray you! I do not knohat enemies these are--"