He led Hal forward cautiously until they couldsmell the woodsmoke and the familiar bovine odour of the cattle pen. He felt a surge of lust, his loins engorged, and he was soovercome with wanting her that for a moment he could not move, couldnot even breathe. You may take your ditty bags with you, and I will see to it that youare paid the wages owing you before you go. Through the curtains of dust and smoke he could make out the tinyshapes of the horsemen as they charged and counter-charged, wraithlikein the dust of their own hoofs.
He checked off her cargo against the manifest, and was surprised andpleased to find the amount of muskets and lead shot she carried,together with great quantities of trade goods. Then, behind him, he heard the snap of a -breaking twig from furtherdown the slope. Hal chilled at the thought of the havoc that this plague would wreakamong his already depleted crew, should it take hold on the GoldenBough. But the first touch of medicine and you cry like a baby.
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