As Istvan had expected, pulling straight a tiny crease in his blanket tookbut an instant. Please inform King Swemmel that we shall defend our borders, Ha~aj said as he rose to go. Thesejelgavans weren't going to do any more fighting; they looked so tired andwom, they rmight have been some of the handful who'd made it backfrom the Algarvian side of the mountains. Now that heunderstood the reason for the mage's order, he complied without the least fuss.
And he did, bringinghis cousin down with a tackle that would have got him thrown off anyfootball pitch in Forthweg - or even in Unkerlant, where they played thegame for blood. So, inevitably, did cakes and tea and wine. A man like that doesn't come alongevery day. Talsu was unhappily aware that his comrades and he couldn't retreat agreat deal farther, not with the Algarvians still blocking the pass throughwhich the main line of the retreat would have to go.
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