He stared after the mare and her rider and felt the same reverence andawe that always overcame him at the moment when he released one of hislittle sparrows from this mortal existence. She reached out gently with the twig and again thesnake raised its head. Then he asked, through a cloud ofblue smoke, What have I done here? Cached our share of the treasure. Now! shouted Aboli, and sprang up to his full height, his right armalready cocked back with the iwisa in his fist.
The shining head lifted. Hal slipped behind it and shrank back against therock wall. The motion threw them back and forth on the bare planks,sliding on their backs the few inches that their chains allowed beforecoming up hard on their manacles, and then sliding back the other way. Their guide led them onwards, and theyclimbed another deep ravine until they were beneath the massive,looming walls.
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