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. You re not going to kill them, are you, dear? Sobrathi asked as Bonds of Fear 551soon as they were alone in the queen s room. One thing is sure, Emelasuntha answered,  we can t just letthem go. Why not? Let s just leave them somewhere beside the road andsend a discreet note to their fathers. Saying what, dear? That we are so sorry for kidnapping theirsons and please don t be mad? It will never happen again? No, I thinkthere is another solution.Around two in the afternoon a finely dressed gentlemanapproached the guards at the stable doors.A heavily built, tall man,carrying a leather bag, accompanied him. My name is Xwartan Doos, he said. The lady is expecting me.Without a word one of the guards opened the doors just wideenough to let him through.He stopped for a moment to let his eyesadjust to the semi darkness.Then he saw the queen, standing besidea cart.Next to her stood a portly lady. Master Doos? the queen inquired. Xwartan Doos, master trader, at your service, my lady, the mananswered in an oily voice that made Sobrathi s skin crawl.She lookedwith faint disgust at his dark face with black mustache. I understand you have your own caravan, master Doos? Indeed, my lady, and the men to protect it. Excellent.What, if I might ask, is your destination?The trader hesitated only a moment. The northern independent city states, my lady. Very good.I have a trade proposition for you. 552 Andrew AshlingA door in the back of the cart opened and Ffindall Dram emerged.After him Gerri and Warri descended the little ladder. Six rioghal for the both of them.You can get twelve times asmuch in any northern city state, the queen said.Xwartan Doos hesitated.He looked the boys over, who werevisibly disoriented and afraid. My lady, he said slowly,  these seem fine lads, but, well, youknow this is a very delicate, eh, trade, and the, eh, merchandiseseems to be of a rather, eh, specific origin.Emelasuntha looked at him with mocking eyes. Is that going to stop a professional trader like you, masterDoos? she asked. Very well, let s see if I can remedy some of yourobjections.She turned to the boys. Strip, she ordered. What? Gerri said, although he had understood all too well. Strip, Emelasuntha repeated. I will not, Gerri said. You can t make me. Can t I? Out of your clothes.And quick.Or do you need help?She made a sign to two Tribesmen who stood in the back. Strip them, she ordered.Warri let himself be handled easily, but Gerri tried initially to putup a fight.He soon understood that the result would be only a smalldelay at the cost of much pain.Warri didn t seem too bothered by his nakedness.Gerri, on theother hand, blushed heavily and covered himself with his hands. Bonds of Fear 553 And, master Doos, the queen said,  do they still seem special toyou?The trader hesitated and tried to weigh the risk against thepotential profit. Cut of their hair, Emelasuntha ordered calmly. I want onlystubbles to remain.The Tribesmen went to work on the boys with their daggers.Neither of them was a barber and cutting hair with a dagger was ahaphazard business at best.The result was uneven and ragged.Warri didn t understand, but Gerri was crying.This sort oftreatment was definitely not what he was used to.Young noblesweren t manhandled like this.The only conclusion he could come towas that, somehow, he had lost his nobility.What his new status washe didn t know, but it made him terrified. Oh, my lady, Xwartan Doos yammered,  it will take monthsbefore they are presentable again. Of course not, master Doos.A month at most and a little visitto a good barber.Meanwhile, don t they look exactly like peasant ssons?She looked the boys over. They re too clean, she said. Take them to that empty stall androll them around in the muck a bit.See that their faces are smearedas well.When the men returned with the boys it looked as if they hadn twashed in several weeks. I will have to feed them at least two months longer, my lady.Inthis condition, I can only give you three rioghal for them. Six, the queen said. 554 Andrew Ashling Four, was the master trader s counteroffer. Five. Four. Five and you get to live, the queen said impatiently.Doos gulped. I will need the cart.I can t put them  And we re back at six rioghals. Emelasuntha smiled. A rioghal for that cart? Doos exclaimed. And your life, master Doos, don t forget your precious life.Don twhine, man, this is a brilliant deal.You stand to make a large profit. You drive a hard bargain, lady.Somewhat reluctantly the master trader retrieved six gold piecesout of the leather pouch at his belt and counted them out in Sobrathi sopen hand [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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