The Prince in Waiting
“It was a large, cavernous building, its floor of ancient stone cracked in places but all of a piece, dark except where the great central fire sent sparks springing up toward the square hole in the timbered roof. In the dimness the dwarfs moved here and there to the clang of metal on metal. They did not look up from their work when I came in. I stood for a moment by the door, watching and accustoming my eyes to the light. The Armorer Dwarf was on the far side of the fire, stooped over the big an...vil. I went to stand beside him.
“Health, Rudi,” I said.
He did not answer at once. He took a sword off the anvil and held it between himself and the fire, lifting it up and down slightly to judge its trueness by the shifting gleam of light. He nodded and gave it to the dwarf who stood beside him, balancing the blade on his palm and offering the hilt. Then he turned to me.
“Health, Master Luke. How is the world outside? Freezing yet? Your cheeks look as though frost has stroked them.”
“It’s cold enough.MoreLess
“Health, Rudi,” I said.
He did not answer at once. He took a sword off the anvil and held it between himself and the fire, lifting it up and down slightly to judge its trueness by the shifting gleam of light. He nodded and gave it to the dwarf who stood beside him, balancing the blade on his palm and offering the hilt. Then he turned to me.
“Health, Master Luke. How is the world outside? Freezing yet? Your cheeks look as though frost has stroked them.”
“It’s cold enough.MoreLess
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