Daniel grinned behind hisback. Hal paused in the doorway. Anexultant cheer went up from everyone, and they pounded each other uponthe back and danced delirious jigs of triumph in the sunlight. With the bloody sword in his hand he strode down theline of prisoners.
His boatswain and two seamen followed him. Goose-winged, they fledbefore the Golden Bough's charge. The hand steadied Hal and his vision brightened, but when he tried todraw breath the leaden hand of dread crushed in his ribs. The sun had already reddened his shaven pate and his horse waslathered.
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