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mud up to the ankle. His hair was the queerest thing about him. He had none.

тАЬIтАЩll want my palfrey rubbed down. And oats for all three. Can you tend to them?тАЭ

The boy looked at him brazenly. тАЬI could. If I wanted.тАЭ

Dunk frowned. тАЬIтАЩll have none of that. I am a knight, IтАЩll have you know.тАЭ

тАЬYou donтАЩt look to be a knight.тАЭ

тАЬDo all knights look the same?тАЭ

тАЬNo, but they donтАЩt look like you, either. Your sword beltтАЩs made of rope.тАЭ

тАЬSo long as it holds my scabbard, it serves. Now see to my horses. YouтАЩll get a copper if you do well,
and a clout in the ear if you donтАЩt.тАЭ He did not wait to see how the stableboy took that, but turned away
and shouldered through the door.

At this hour, he would have expected the inn to be crowded, but the common room was almost empty. A
young lordling in a fine damask mantle was passed out at one table, snoring softly into a pool of spilled
wine. Otherwise there was no one. Dunk looked around uncertainly until a stout, short. whey-faced
woman emerged from the kitchens and said, тАЬSit where you like. Is it ale you want, or food?тАЭ

тАЬBoth.тАЭ Dunk took a chair by the window, well away from the sleeping man.

тАЬThereтАЩs good lamb, roasted with a crust of herbs, and some ducks my son shot down. Which will you
have?тАЭ

He had not eaten at an inn in half a year or more. тАЬBoth.тАЭ

The woman laughed. тАЬWell, youтАЩre big enough for it.тАЭ She drew a tankard of ale and brought it to his
table. тАЬWill you be wanting a room for the night as well?тАЭ

тАЬNo.тАЭ Dunk would have liked nothing better than a soft straw mattress and a roof above his head, but he
needed to be careful with his coin. The ground would serve. тАЬSome food, some ale, and itтАЩs on to
Ashford for me. How much farther is it?тАЭ

тАЬA dayтАЩs ride. Bear north when the road forks at the burned mill. Is my boy seeing to your horses, or has
he run off again?тАЭ



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тАЬNo, heтАЩs there,тАЭ said Dunk. тАЬYou seem to have no custom.тАЭ

тАЬHalf the townтАЩs gone to see the tourney. My own would as well, if I allowed it. TheyтАЩll have this inn
when I go, but the boy would sooner swagger about with soldiers, and the girl turns to sighs and giggles
every time a knight rides by. I swear I couldnтАЩt tell you why. Knights are built the same as other men,