The Practice Effect (2011)
“the small thief said. “After all, a lot of prisoners have family and friends on the outside, and a fair part of Zuslik’s population would help in a jailbreak. Even after thirty years, Kremer’s northmen ain’t too popular hereabouts.”
Dennis nodded. “But do the guards inspect the wall on the outside as carefully as they do inside?”
The escape committee numbered five. They were gathered around a rickety table eating the noon meal. The prisoners sat in flimsy, uncomfortable chairs. It would have be...en better just to stand, but practicing the chairs was another of their jobs.
Gath Glinn, the youngest member of their group, squatted in the shadows beside the nearby castle wall, huddled over Dennis’s prototype escape device. The sandy-haired youth had been the first to catch on to the Earthman’s idea and had been assigned to try it out. He stopped working and covered the device whenever the others indicated the guards were near.
Right now his hands moved rapidly back and forth, and the little tool he practiced made soft “zizzing”MoreLess
Dennis nodded. “But do the guards inspect the wall on the outside as carefully as they do inside?”
The escape committee numbered five. They were gathered around a rickety table eating the noon meal. The prisoners sat in flimsy, uncomfortable chairs. It would have be...en better just to stand, but practicing the chairs was another of their jobs.
Gath Glinn, the youngest member of their group, squatted in the shadows beside the nearby castle wall, huddled over Dennis’s prototype escape device. The sandy-haired youth had been the first to catch on to the Earthman’s idea and had been assigned to try it out. He stopped working and covered the device whenever the others indicated the guards were near.
Right now his hands moved rapidly back and forth, and the little tool he practiced made soft “zizzing”MoreLess
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