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"I will meet you inside the trees just opposite the eastern postern," Madog said and, ignoring Mallt's angry surprise, walked quickly away toward the front gate. Since no alarm had been raised about Rhiannon, he still had the chance to kill her and leave her where the ground had been disturbed by his capture of Rhiannon, and he had no intention of needing to carry her body farther than necessary. |
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Simon cursed under his breath. He could not dash out and follow Madog directly. Mallt would certainly see him and call to him, which would warn Madog. He hated to lose sight of the man, but was reasonably sure Madog would arrive at the place he said he would meet Mallt. Simon glance at her and noticed that she seemed both surprised and offended, presumably at Madog's sudden departure. She took a few steps toward the eastern postern, hesitated, and then with a thoughtful expression turned back and went into the women's hall. |
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With a sigh of thanksgiving, Simon took off to the gate as fast as he could walk. Once through it, he ran like the devil over the cleared land, praying that Madog would not round the stockade until he was out of sight. He hoped Mallt had been so offended that she would not come at all. It would be much easier to deal with Madog if she were not there to screech and run back to Aber to report what was happening. |
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In fact, Simon need not have run himself breathless. Mallt was not yet really afraid of Madog, but she had decided she needed an additional weapon against him. After all, she believed he had already killed one woman who threatened him. Admittedly that woman was a witch and to kill her was no crime; the Bible itself said: Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. Still, just to be sure that Madog would not think he could remove her from his path also, Mallt had stopped to give her friend Catrin a précis of what had happened and tell her she was meeting Madog in the forest. If she did |
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