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In the calm of silence that followed, Pasqua replied, "There is no use yelling, Aldermaston, I can hear you very well You may think me deaf, by the tone of your voice Loaves you shall have then Grouchy old niffler, co into my kitchen to yell at me A fine way to treat your cook"

At that ed in, spraying , his beard dripping, his nose dripping Gri in his hand against his chest

"And who do you think you are to co on hi mud like that! Tell ate, or I will beat you withinto my kitchen Filthy as a cur, look at you"

Jon Hunter looked like a wild thing, a s and bits of leaves, and a gladius blade belted to his waist "Aldermaston," he said in a breathless voice He raveyard It flooded Landslide"

There was quiet, thenfollowed by billows of thunder The Alder He only waited

Jon Hunter seeain Lia peeked further fro the sides of her face Sowe tried to pull her back, to get her out of the light, but Lia pushed her away

Jon Hunter pressed his forehead against his arave way, spilling part of the cemetery downhill Grave on the words, "Many ossuaries were burst They were…my lord…they were…they were all eold"

Jon put his hand on the cutting table His other still clenched so "As I searched the ruins and collected the bands, the part of the hill I was on collapsed I thought…I thought I was going to die I fell I cannot say how far, not in all the dark, but I fell on stone A shelf of rock, I thought Knocked the wind out of ain, I realized it was…in the air Do you understand iant block of chiseled stone But there was nothing below it Nothing holding it up I was trapped and shouted for help But then the lightning flashed anew, and I saw the hillside above and the roots of a withered oak exposed There is nothing but a tangle of oaks in that part of the grounds So I leapt and cli on theHis eyes closed His shoulders drooped "Who else is about tonight? Whoout his hand, his s in his filthy palm "Aldermaston, ere there no bones in the ossuaries? Why leave the rings? I do not understand what I beheld tonight"

The Alder laold bands and a furious look kindled his cheeks

"There is rounds are forbidden now Be certain that no one trespasses Take two ravemarkers and ossuaries and move them to where I shall tell you I will help I do not want learners to discover what you did The entire Abbey is forbidden that ground Have I spoken clearly? Can there be any doubt as tostill I ork alone Do not risk your health to the elements Tell ued us quite enough They will cease Now" He held up his hand, as if to cal stallion in front of hiesture or both, the rain ceased and only the water sluicing through the gutters and the plop and drip fro oak branches could be heard A tingle in the air sizzled, and Lia’s heart went hot with a blushing giddiness All her life she had heard whispers of the power of the Mediuh to master storms, to ta the dead back alive again

Now she kneas real E The dead bones had been restored to the flesh of their masters, the bodies reborn and new When the revived ones had left Muiras a rounds – to see the floating stone, to search for rings in the mud herself