The Traders' War (Merchant Princes Omnibus 2)
“On the other hand, they came with some fittings that took Mike by surprise. He gestured feebly at the raised seat cushion as he glanced at the geriatric Gruppenführer in the mound of rugs on the other side of the compartment: ‘If you think I’m going to use that – ’ ‘You’ll use it when you need to, boy.’ She chuckled for a moment. The younger woman, Olga, rolled her eyes and sent him a look that seemed to say, Humor her.
‘We’ll not be stopping for bed and bath for at least a day.’ ‘What are you going to do?’ he asked.
Iris said nothing for a moment, while one wheel crunched across a rut in the path with a bone-shaking crash that sent a wave of pain through his leg. She seemed to be considering the question.
‘We’ll be pausing to change teams in another hour or so. Don’t want to flog the horses; you never know when you’ll need a fresh team. Anyway, you can’t stick your nose outside: you wouldn’t fool anyone.
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