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think. Simon is coming with me to be near his men and interpret the news they gather." He hesitated, then went on: "But if you desire to go today, will you be able to take Lady Sybelle with you? Will she have time to pack? She is welcome to come with me and her uncle, if you wish."
Walter did not blanch although he felt appalled. He had not thought of Sybelle's need to have her possessions packed. "She must come," he said. Clyro is, as you heard at our sealing of the contract, her keep. If she cannot be ready, I must wait a day, but . . . If you will give me leave, my lord, I will send word to her at once and see what she says."

 
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