High above the water they could at last fall upon each other withlaughter and congratulation. The old man stopped them in the centre of the courtyard. Do you stand by it on yourhonour? Sir Francis whispered to his son. No need to count it.
The sun climbed higher, but the land came no closer. There followed a general melee of long slithering bodies,shining wet in the sunlight, that hissed and snapped and tumbled overeach other as they fought for the meat. The next evening Hal took up the council of war that exhaustion hadinterrupted the night before. Iyasu led Hal into a longchamber.
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