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Putting a crook in Skarnu's hands no more made him a shepherd thanputting a hoe in his hands had made him a proper cultivator. No, no, no. Things may not be so dreadful as the doom-s ers have been quacking. Ealstan sat as care-fully as he could.

If they'd had icicles on the ends of their noses, though,they'd knocked them off recently. All he said Welcome back, my lord Marshal. Once they were inside Rathar's own sanctum, the marshal ofUnkerlant closed and barred the door behind them. Time toget moving again.