The Ruby Knight
“It scattered the rain in gusty sheets across the surface of the pools of standing water lying in the muddy field. Kurik and Berit had built a fire in the centre of their circle of tents and set a canvas sheet on poles to the windward side, in part to protect the blaze from being quenched, but also in part to deflect its heat into the tent where the injured knights lay.
Ulath came out of one of the other tents wrapping a dry cloak about his huge mailed shoulders. He raised his shaggy-browed face... towards the sky. ‘It seems to be letting up,’ he said to Sparhawk.
‘We can hope,’ Sparhawk said. ‘I don’t think putting Tynian and the others in that wagon in a rainstorm would do them much good.’ Ulath grunted his agreement. ‘This really didn’t turn out very well, did it, Sparhawk?’ he said morosely. ‘We’ve got three men down, and we’re still not any closer to finding Bhelliom.’ There was not much Sparhawk could say to that. ‘Let’s go and see how Sephrenia’s doing,’ he suggested.MoreLess
Ulath came out of one of the other tents wrapping a dry cloak about his huge mailed shoulders. He raised his shaggy-browed face... towards the sky. ‘It seems to be letting up,’ he said to Sparhawk.
‘We can hope,’ Sparhawk said. ‘I don’t think putting Tynian and the others in that wagon in a rainstorm would do them much good.’ Ulath grunted his agreement. ‘This really didn’t turn out very well, did it, Sparhawk?’ he said morosely. ‘We’ve got three men down, and we’re still not any closer to finding Bhelliom.’ There was not much Sparhawk could say to that. ‘Let’s go and see how Sephrenia’s doing,’ he suggested.MoreLess
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