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Jerymmight have felt hostile at the crowding, the encroachment, but hisattention was too much on the buildings and their grounds. Then he turned his attention to another round of embraces andhandshakes. He picked it up and went through, glancing at hiswatch as he walked. Perhaps men who'd slept so often where aprowling enemy might hear, somehow subconsciously didn't allowthemselves to snore.

The rest lay on the ground to sleep. He sat up in the dimness and looked at Mauen asleep beside him. If you want to visit the town, then you will want money, he said, andturned to an ancient file cabinet. He'd never in his life felt thismuch responsibility.