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we'll leap out and put them to the sword. Or put the sword to them. One or the other. And then we'll sack the city, bum the walls and sow the ground with salt. You remember, lad, I showed you on Friday.'
'Oh.'
Moisture dripped from a score of brows. Several of the men were trying to compose a letter home, dragging styli across wax that was close to melting.
'And then what will happen, sergeant?'
'Why, lad, then we'll go home heroes.'
'Oh.'
The older soldiers sat stolidly looking at the wooden walls. Autocue shifted uneasily, still worried about something.
'My mum said to come back with my shield or on it, sergeant,' he said.
'Jolly good, lad. That's the spirit.'
'We will be all right, though. Won't we, sergeant?'
The -man band.
Ptaclusp nodded, unable to speak. He had had enough shocks for one day.
'Well, switch it off. Switch it off now.'
IIb leaned over.sergeant stared into the fetid darkness. After a while, someone started to play the harmonica. Ptaclusp half-turned his head from the scene and a voice by his ear said, 'You're the pyramid builder, aren't you?' Another figure had joined them in their bolthole, one who was black-clad and moved in a way that made a cat's tread sound like a one
'Who're you?' he said.
'My name is Teppic.'
'What, like the king?'
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
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