'You were listening.'
'Obviously. Voices carry a long way at night.'
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'Sometimes I think this whole nobility business is farce anyway. Men are men - titled or not. I don't think God cares, so why should we?'
'You're going to stir up a revolution talking like that, Ulath.'
'Maybe it's time for one.'
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'A good bluff is sometimes better than a good fight,' Ulath growled. 'I like deceiving people.'
'You are as bad as Talen is.'
'No, not really. My fingers aren't nimble enough for cutting purses. If I decide I want what's in a man's purse, I'll hit him on the head and take it.'
She laughed.'I'm surrounded by scoundrels.'
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'He looks a little unreliable to me.'
'He'd better be reliable. He's already got a fair idea of what's going to happen to him if he isn't.'
'Oh Sparhawk,' she said reprovingly.
'It's really a very simple arrangement, little mother. He fully understands that either they get healthy, or he gets sick. that sort of encourages him to do his best.'
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