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Of course, he will be locked in the slavequarters at night with the others, but during working hours he will beallowed to move around freely to attend to his duties. They surrounded the circular table onwhich, Hal saw, had been built a clay model of the Red Sea and thesurrounding territories. By the blood of allthe saints, there must be twenty thousand pounds buried somewhere underthese sands. Althuda, thisis for you, and for you alone, Sukeena told herself silently, as sheclosed her eyes and her

Horses arewaiting for us on the beach. Well, Mijnheer, I will hold you to that. He squeezed the water from his hair with both hands, and then wipeddown those lean, hard limbs with a square of cloth. Now, with a thrill of relief, heblew on the tip of the smouldering slow-match in his hand.