is tongue. He gaveCai a darksmouldering look and stormed awaygrumbling
to himself.Cai watched him stumping along the lakeshore. 'And take your temper with you
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Bedwyr's retreating back.
I saw what had happened. 'Do not be angry with him' I saidmoving toCai's side.
'Am I angry?' he shouted. 'Am I the one biting the head off anyone who happens by? Anywayhe
started it - him and his foul mood.'
'The heat' I suggested'is making everyone surly.'
'Och' agreedCaiclucking his tongue. 'By the Holy ThreeI wish it would rain.' He turned a clear blue
eye towards a sky just as clear and blue. 'Just look at thatwould you? Not a cloud anywhere - not a
single cloud all summer. It is uncannyI tell you.' He drew a damp sleeve across his face. 'It is too hot to
stand out here any longer. I am going back.'
He stalked offleaving me to watch the labourers on the lake. The round stones all along the shore were
black where the moss had been blasted by the sun - like skulls whose flesh had been burned to a dry
crust. The drought wasI reflectedexposing and killing much that was green and tender. Only the tough
and deep-rooted would survive.As with plantsso with people.
Upon returning to campI discovered several more riders preparing to leave. Bedwyr was sending word
to the surrounding settlements. 'Never fearI have saved Urien's settlemund it a
chore to keep pace with her.
Graduallythe wood began to thin and the land to rise. And then we stepped from the trees into the full
bright sun. Cleared land lay before us planted in fields; thecrops were witheredhoweverleaves and
stalks dry and rattling listlessly in the sun. Beyond the fieldssquatting atop the broad crest of thehill
stood the timber wall of the stronghold. A well-used track emerged fro
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