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By the light, " he said, when he had mastered himself. "I think that beats singing a lullaby to a stormdog for simplicity and economy, Maerad. But I wish I had known that you simply had to blow at Hulls to get rid of them. It would have saved me a few scars.Alison Croggon
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Old friend, ' said Cadvan, filling another glass for himself and sniffing its rich smell. 'If we do not trust one another, we are already defeated.Alison Croggon
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Some say an army of horsemensome an army on footothers say ships laden for warare the fairest things on earth. But I say the fairest sighton this dark earthis the face of the one you love. Nor is it hard to understand:love has humbled the heartsof the proudest queens. And I would rather see you now stepping over my thresholdthan any soldier greaved in gold or any iron-beaked ship.Alison Croggon