He knew he'd been dreaming, though he didn'tremember what. She understood the function of war andwarriors in the real world of acquisitive rulers and merchant princes, ofgrudges and greed, threats and responses, rivalries and hatreds. It wassomething like a series of electric shocks, though not severe, andsomewhat like an immense, too intense, whole-body orgasm. Varlik paused as he entered, looking around.
The top floor, thefifth, became unbearable on days like this. It was dark in the tent, but not utterly dark. There too were the grain elevators from which, in turn,ships and riverboats were loaded. And the money could have been earned; not everydrifter drinks his up, I'm sure.
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