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"Well, you know CatharineтАФshe always,thinks she and Tuan can handle it on
their own, until the moment arrives. Then they want me by, just for moral
support."

"And skill," Gwen reminded him. "When 'tis all done, 'tis thou who hast averted
conflict, not they."

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"Yeah, well, you can't expect one of the teams to referee." Rod leaned forward to
kiss her. "Bear up without me, darling. I'll be home when I can."

"Papa's going!" Cordelia shrieked, and delight filled the air as the children ran
for the back room window that faced the stable, to wave goodbye when Papa left.

Gwen caught Rod's sleeve and glanced back, waiting till all three were out of
sight. Then she leaned forward and hissed, "Beware, my lord! I would I could'st
go with thee, to guard thy steps."

"Why?" Rod frowned. "Oh! Those idiots and their ambushesтАж Don't worry,
dear. Their marksmanship's no better than their intentions."

"Yet how oft have they tried, my husband?"

Rod pursed his lips. "Well, now, let's seeтАж"He started counting on his fingers.
"There was the cretin who took a potshot at me from the steeple in that villageтАФ
what was it, about a year ago now?"

"Eleven months," Gwen corrected. "Three weeks ere Gregory was born."

"Eleven months, then. He didn't seem to realize that a crossbow bolt can't
possibly go as fast as a robot horse with a built-in radar. And there was that so-
called 'peasant,' who jumped out of a hay wagon with a laserтАФpoor chump." He
shook his head sadly. "He didn't realize he should've waited until he was away
from the hay before he pulled the trigger."

" Twas good of thee, to pull him from the flames, and hurl him into the
millpond. Still, his lance of light did come but a hair's-breadth from thy body."

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"Yeah, but Fess side-stepped in time. And there was that guard at Tuan's castle;