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and fastened it about his left forearm, that the arm not be lacerated by the
string, and took the small tab as well, putting the first and second fingers
on his
right hand through, that in drawing the string the flesh might not be cut to
the
bone. The he took, from the unwrapped roll of arrows, now spilled on the
elather, a flight arrow, and this, to my admiration, he fitted to the bow and
drew
it to the very pile itself.
degrees.
flight arrow was aloft.
not have believed such a thing possible.
He held the arrow up, pointing it into the sky, at an angle of some fifty
Then there came the clean, swift, singing flash of the bowstring and the
There were cries from all, of wonder and astonishment, for they would
The arrow seemed lost, as though among the clouds, and so far was it
that it seemed vanished in its falling.
The group was silent.
Ho-Hak unstrung the bow. тАЬIt is with this,тАЭ he said, тАЬthat peasants defend
their holdings.тАЭ He looked from face to face. The he replaced the bow, putting
it with its
arrows, on the leather spread upon the mat of woven rence that was the surface
of the island.
Ho-Hak regarded me. тАЬAre you skilled with this bow?тАЭ he asked.
тАЬYes,тАЭ I said.
тАЬSee that he does not escape,тАЭ said Ho-Hak.
I felt the prongs of two marsh spears in my back. тАЬHe will not escape,тАЭ
said the girl, putting her fingers in the ropes that held my throat. I could
feel her
knuckles in the side of my neck. She shoot the ropes. She irritated me. She
acted
as though it were she herself who had taken me.
тАЬAre you of the peasants?тАЭ asked Ho-Hak of me.
тАЬNo,тАЭ I said. тАЬI am of the Warriors.тАЭ
тАЬThis bow, though,тАЭ said one of the men holding my neck ropes, тАЬis of the
peasants.тАЭ
тАЬI am not of the Peasants,тАЭ I said.
Ho-Hak looked at the man who wore teh headband of pearls of the Vosk
тАЬWith such a bow,тАЭ he said to that man, тАЬwe might live free in the marsh,
sorp.
free of Port Kar.тАЭ
тАЬIt is a weapon of peasants,тАЭ said the man with the headband, he who
had been unable to bend the bow.
тАЬSo?тАЭ asked Ho-Hak.
тАЬI,тАЭ said the man, тАЬam of the Growers of Rence. I, for one, am not a
Peasant.тАЭ
тАЬNor am I!тАЭ cried the girl.
The others, too, cried their assent.
тАЬBesides,тАЭ said another man, тАЬwe do not have metal for the heads of
arrows, nor arrowwood, and Ka-la-na does not grow in the marsh. And we do