He looked beyond the Gull of Moray, sweeping the horizon as it extendedswiftly with the coming of day. He tried to drive the vision from his mind, but it buzzed inhis brain like a swarm of angry bees. An honour guard from thegarrison was drawn up around the carriage. He took Hal's right hand, and tried the ring on hissecond finger.
She laid down a silverpath upon the waters, and Hal felt his breath lock in his chest andevery sinew of his body drawn tight as a bowstring. No vessel could survive long out here. With these instruments in his hands, he could move with authoritythrough this savage wilderness, and his dream of finding a ship beganto seem less forlorn than it had only a day before. The gun pits Without another word, allthree ran on, and came together to the first culverin.
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