Themage stared into the Leopardess's crystal at a man in a sea-green Sibiannaval uniform. Our chief difficulty, yourMajesty, was that we struck too soonINTo THE DARKNESS309ond Say on, Swernmel told But he had a capacious memory - partly because he couldn't read andwrite, though he didn't realize that. But for that, he looked more like an Algarvian than a typical Unkerlanter.
The man had held his post for some time, no meanachievement under King Swernmel. For a moment, he might have been in his drawing room at KJaipedarather than a filthy village parlor with trash and leaves on the floor andpictures all askew on the wall. They all had sticks at the ready, and they all expected every-body to understand Algarvian. And, as soon as they had dropped them, the Valmieran dragonfliersfled back to the east as fast as their mounts could carry them.
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