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Anyone can make a mistake.... It's how they learn from it and recover from it that shows their true worth.
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They have terrified my poor wife and threatened my very person! Halt eyed the man impassivley until the outburst was finished. Worse than that, he said quietly, they've wasted my time.
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But I wasn't happy... when I heard you two had assaulted Castle Macindaw with just thirty men,' [said Halt]. 'Thirty-three,' mumbled Horace... The Ranger gave him a withering look. 'Oh, pardon me... three more men does make a lot of difference.
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Never give up because, if an opportunity arises, you have to be ready to take it.
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I'm not really interested in being king. I prefer to work for a living
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Halt looked up at the trees above him. Why does this boy ask so many questions? he asked the trees. Naturally, they didn't answer.
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Looks like he's lost a guinea and found a farthing, Horace said, then added, unnecessarily, Will, I mean. Halt turned in his saddle to regard the younger man and raised an eyebrow. I may be almost senile in your eyes, Horace, but there's no need to explain the blindly obvious to me. I'd hardly have thought you were referring to Tug.
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Best way then is to be waiting for them to bring Halt and the others out of that prison,” he said, almost to himself. “There’s only one reason I can think of that they might do that,” Umar said. “That’s if they are going to execute them.” Will lookd at him for several seconds before speaking. “Well, that’s a big comfort.
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Now, if you two will excuse us, we'll get back to the relatively simple buisness of planning a war, he said. -Baron Arald
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Erak. The one they call the Oberjarl, the Arridi answered him. Impulsively, Axl took a pace forward, raising his ax threateningly. You'll have to go through the rest of us to take him! he shouted defiantly. Well done, Axl, he said. You've just told them I'm here.
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It was safe to assume that the rider would be carrying a weapon of some kind. After all, there was no point in wearing half armor and going weaponless.
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It's a sword, not a fairy wand, you know.
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Horace normally didn't need anyone else to save his life. He was pretty skilled at doing it for himself.
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Yet each country had items that the other needed. The Arridi had reserves of red gold and iron in their deserts that the Toscans required to finance and equip their large armies. Even more important, Toscans had become inordinately fond of kafay, the rich coffee grown by the Arridi.
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Shall I call the others back in? He nodded. Why ask me? It's all of you who are making the decisions.
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Horace, when you get older, try to avoid being saddled with an apprentice. Not only are they a damned nuisance, but apparently they constantly feel the need to get the better of their masters. They’re bad enough when they’re learning. But when they graduate, they become unbearable. [The Kings of Clonmel Pg.268]
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Face your fears, Halt had always thought him, and more often than not they fade like mist in the sunshine
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You're not built for riding, either, Horace added. I'd say more saddle sore than homesick. Svenal sighed ruefully, shifting his buttocks for the twentieth time to find a more comfortable spot. It's true, he said. I've been discovering parts of my backside I never knew existed.
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In a month, the passes into Teutlandt and Skanida will be open and my companion and I will be on our way. He paused and Philemon frowned, trying to understand what he was being told. You want us to come with you? he asked, at last. You expect us to follow you? Halt shook his head. I have no wish to ever see any of you again, he said fl
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Would you trust him with your life, Halt? Gilan interrupted, and Halt looked up at him. Yes, he said quietly. Gilan patted his shoulder once more. Then trust him with his own, he said simply.
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You've always said I should have an inquiring mind, she said. I have. But not an interrupting one.
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