Well, now, you can tell him all the rest I told you. We face many. If this old man shared any of the surprise shown by his children at seeing the stout walls of Makor, he did not betray it. This time if we perish we perish on the walls and at the gates.
The well itself was cold and sweet and secure, sending forth as much water as the people needed, and the clean, fair tunnel climbe He looked in bewilderment at Cullinane and Eliav, who pushed him forward. and proceeded to seven others; where they similarly stained the wrists of children from the leading families of Makor. Now he took it down, checked its action to make sure it was still operable, and loaded it.
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