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Tormenting him, she had driven herself asfar and as hard. He was appalled at the prospect ofhaving to carry out such a cold-blooded execution, but then he saw hisfather's expression and hurried to obey. Beyond them the watch fires ofEl Grang's host reflected off the belly of the low cloud of dust andsmoke. Gradually the light filtering down through the chinks around the canvascover dulled and faded.

There! He pointed as the first of the attackerscame running and dodging towards them, stopping to fire and reloadtheir muskets, then running forward again. That night Hal poured the contents of the stew kettle into the latrinebucket before any of the men were tempted to sample it. He wanted easier pickings, and that meant one of theother two vessels in the bay. The Buzzard looked around quickly, and saw that from the dark grove thered rocket was already soaring upwards, leaving a parabola of silversmoke