They had found out how ferocious these creatureswere on their first attempt to ford the river, when Billy Rogers hadbeen seized by one and dragged beneath the surface. He watched still as burningtimbers were hurled high into the night sky then fell to quench in thedark waters. After a while Katinka asked, How long has your brother been in thecastle? I have heard that it is four months since he came back fromthe mountains to fetch you. My father-in-law is a director of the Company, one of the richest andmost powerful merchants in Amsterdam.
To you and me, and he has goneto live with the others of his band. Use this tostaunch the wound. The horses pricked theirears. The old womanstood now with Katinka's under linen in her hands examining the stainsupon it.
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