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Our Storjj -.stkpham and his mother iook
UP AS THE DOOR OPENS AND THEPE IN THE
FLICKERING CANDLELIGHT STANDS DUKE '
SADONICK, HIS CRUEL fACEALISHT WITH '
TRIUMPH
FOLLOWED BV A DOZEN ARMED BULLIES,
HE SEATS HIMSELF. YOU HAVE AVOIDED
ME ALL THESE YEARS, STEPHAH; NOWM
TURN HAS COME. SIR VAUAHT! RID ME
OF MY TROUBLESOME NEPHEW!"
AS VAL HESITATES, THE DUKE'S FACE
BECOMES DARK WITH ANGER. YOUR
OWN SON AND HEIR STANDS CHAINED 1
7Q THE RACK. REFUSE MY BIDDING
AND YOU SIGH HIS DtATH WARRANT.'
TO SAVE ARM FROM A HORRIBLE DEATH HE MUST QO A DEED
THAT WILL BLIGHT HIS HONOR AND SCAR HIS VERy SOUL. HE
DRAWS THE 'SINGiNG SWORD' AND IT. COMbS MOANING FROM
ITS SCABBARD AND HANGS LEADEN IN HIS HAND, A LIFELESS
THING.
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THEN VAL STEPS IN FRONT OF STEPHAH AND FACES THE DUVfB
HS FACE RESOLUTE, THS LUST FOR BATTLE IN HIS EVES, Hi
trnTi M ! TABLE VvTH Th GLrTTERING BLADS AND OUCJ
MOPJ IT S1K56, EASER, TRIUMPHANT
'GUARDS! KILL THEM, KILL THFMAlL!
SCREAMS THE DUKE. AS THE GUARDS '
HESITATE BEFORE THE BRIGHT MENACE Op
THE SWORD, A TRUMPET SOUNDS.
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THE SILENCE OF THE NIGHT IS SHATTERED 8 ANGRy SHOUTS AND THE CLASH OF
ARMS. STEPHAN POINTS TO THE DOOR. "MYHEN WERE IN THE FOREST AMITIHG
OUfi EXPBGTED ARRLML, DEAR UNCLE, SO THE TRICKSTER HAS BEEN TRICKED!'
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