Iwas right! Lothar has set up staging posts across the desert, sheexclaimed, and she closed her eyes and tried to visualize a map of thenorthern territory, estimating distances and times. The count had been right, the army buyers had chosen thebest. Hendrickshuffled forward in the press of bodies down the ramp between the polesof the crush, like cattle entering an abattoir, stopping and startingforward again. one by one Hansmeyer and his troopers reached the ravine and tumbledinto it, sweating and panting wildly.
And he had drawn a map of the road to it. Even Roelf felt overshadowed by the younger man's developing confidenceand assurance. The groundwas hard under his back and a pebble was digging into his shoulder,there was a weight across his chest making it difficult for him tobreathe. His arm was wrapped in bandage to the elbow, the yellow discharge hadseeped through the cloth.
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