Ealstan was soon glad they had started out with time to spare, for they 528Harry Turtledovehad to wait at a street corner while a regiment of Algarvian footsoldierstramped by heading west. As usual, it hissedand flapped and spluttered, doing its best to keep him from climbingaboard. Sabriino laughed. h if weweren't going to fight them? Our generals aren't always as efficient asthey might be, but they aren't that inefficient.
Of course it would be as she com-manded. Borsos laughed out loud, which embarrassed Istvan, for Ihadn't wanted the translation of that one syllable to be so obvious. Like a lot of common people, theJelgavan count took out his unhappiness on everyone around him. He strolled toward the fence around the camp - carefully, because theguards there would blaze without warning Forthwegians who came tooclose.
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