The four ships at anchor in the bay wereall burning lanterns at their mastheads. He saw at once thatthe Buzzard's efforts to tow away the fire ship had failed. She was silent a while longer, then saidsoftly, If I kiss you again, I may lose my resolve. He stroked its head and whispered softly to itin the language of the forests and left it whining softly and waggingits tail as he slipped over the wall like a dark moon shadow.
Do not let this adulation turn your head, oh Chosen One, Hal told himsourly in English. You are the worth of ten menlike Sabah, but today I saw you stumble more than once and when youthought I was not watching you there was pain in your eyes. Every one of the captured vessels was heavily ladenwith vital provisions of war. Then each man seized thereins of his own mount and swung up into the saddle.
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