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Mocking, honeyed ice suddenly turned to cold iron. Don't worry, he said softly. There were Maidens in the hallway outside. The headless Myrd-A Crown of Swords845draal yet flung its arms about, of course, booted feet scrab-• bling wildly; Halfmen did not'die quickly, even headless.

Not likely Tylin was up there; not likely she would appear in the stableyard. The man above frowned down at her, then abruptly vanished without a word. They wanted to be heard, or they would have been using handtalk; there was moonlight enough for that. Sheriam's head swiveled as though she was looking for a way to escape.