He was greeted atthe entry port by a spry, elfin captain of middle years. For another hour Hal stayed at the masthead. One scooped up the dice andrattled them at his ear before rolling them across the patch of beatenbare earth. Hal looked away quickly, startled by the sudden hot hatred that hadreplaced the adoration he had so recently felt for her.
It wasobvious that he had fully recovered from the blow to the back of hishead. Come, lad. Last night I cast your horoscope, Sir Francis told him. They began to encounter more herds of the humped cattleherded by small naked boys.
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