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Sir Mans is still wearing sackcloth and ashes because the enemy managed to
infiltrate his troops. But, that! My Lord, that was a joke! You can see a pike
blow coming a mile away! It takes at least a quarter-second to swing a ten-foot
pole; all I had to do was dodge, and yank the shaft as it came past." He shook his
head, remembering. "He went right past me, into the moatтАФand Fess wasn't
even with me"on that one."

"Aye, my lord, but 'tis the only one of these ambushes in which he hath not
saved theeтАФand he may not 'company thee within the castle. Nay, sweet lord,
take care!"

"Oh, don't worry." Rod reached out to caress the line of her jaw. "I'll be wary.
After all, I have something to come home to, now."

The great black horse looked up as Rod stepped into the stable, and a voice
spoke through the amplifier embedded in the bone behind Rod's ear. "I detected
a warlock's arrival, Rod, and his departure. Are we off to the castle, then?"

"We are." Rod threw the saddle on Fess's back. "Just a Sunday outing, I think."

"But it is Wednesday, Rod."

"Well, the clergy'll be there, anyway. The Lord Abbot himself."

Static whispered in Rod's earтАФFess's equivalent of a sigh. "What game is the
Church beginning?"



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"Cards, probably." Rod tightened the girth and took down the bridle. "At least,
I'll have to keep a poker-face."

"Are you sure of your hand, Rod?"

"The best." Rod fitted the bridle, grinning. "Full house, Fess."

As they rode out of the stable, the back window of the house exploded into a hail
of goodbyes, and the frantic waving of three little hands.

A few minutes later, as his steel horse's gait ate up the miles between his home
and the King's Castle at Run-nymede, Rod mused, "Gwen's worried about the
assassination attempts, Fess."

"I will always guard you, RodтАФbut I do wish that you would take greater
precautions."