He lifted his eyes to the level of the roof and memorized the slope andlayout of the top of the coach, then he lowered himself again and duckedback into the latrine. There were men on the hill. There were vast herds of theserobust water antelope with coarse wiry red coats, the rams standing astall as a man's chest and carrying long gracefully recurved horns. He wassilent for the rest of the drive and she could sense the tension in him,though she made no attempt to touch him again.
He was almost as tall as a grown man, so he was forced to stoopthrough the wheelhouse door balancing a steaming tin mug of coffee ineach hand. This woman is Nam Child, our friend, and the boy is he of thelegend. Havetwo of your troopers mark a path around the area of the horse irons. That is why we learn the language, so when the time comes we will beable to use it in the battle against them.
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