I have news, said Aboli. If the arrowhead had found the gap between thevertebrae of the spine, as Aboli had hoped, he would have dropped wherehe stood but the iron point struck the spine and was deflected by bone. Then Hal dropped his voice. And swiftly.
She wheeled the horse and urgedhim, rearing and prancing, to where Hal stood at the water's edge. Heused his opponent's weight against him, and the older man had to gruntand thrash around to recover himself as Hal tipped him to the edge ofhis balance. Hop came scampering into the courtyard, his face ghastly. The Buzzard will besending his men onto the beach as soon as he has silenced ourbatteries.
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