But the range was too great and only one or two stones bounced off the first treetrunks, most falling in the deserted clearing. “That be a warnin’ and a sample of more to come, y’ child-stealin’ bastards!” snarled a deep voice from the trees and brush which hid the slinger...
But neither was it often that a simple country nobleman of these hinterlands of the Confederation was granted the opportunity to accompany so high and important a personage, nor to do so in proximity to such expensive splendor. But, all other considerations aside, his esco...
