Silently he cursed Kleinhans for his long-winded speech of welcome, ofwhich he heard barely a word. Kill- me with this, then. Schreuder threw aside the pistol and drew the Neptune sword from itsscabbard at his side. He knew that if he crossed Cumbrae he would probably end up in the pitwith Llewellyn and the sailors from the Golden Bough.
No one spoke, but they followed Sam as he crawled forward, leaving thestrangled corpse to be crushed to mincemeat by the shifting casks. This was how he had slept each night for the last tenyears and there was comfort in the huge figure beside him. It flowed through his veins like liquidfire and burrowed deep into his bones. Come with me, Aboli Hal led him down the back slope of the hill, andthen turned towards the gorge of the river.
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