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I'm in pain all the time,' I said, 'and if I gave into it then I'd do nothing.
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uhtred
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Bernard Cornwell |
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I could imagine Cnut sitting there and thinking that I must join him soon, and we would raise a horn of ale together. There is no pain in Valhalla, no sadness, no tears, no broken oaths.
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uhtred
cornwell
the-empty-throne
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Bernard Cornwell |
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Earsling,' a harsh voice challenged me from beside the Wheatsheaf's heart. 'What rancid demon brought you here to spoil my day?' I stared. And stared. Because the last person I had ever expected to see in AEthelred's stronghold of Gleawecestre was staring at me. 'Well, earsling?' he demanded, 'what are you doing here?' It was my father.
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uhtred
cornwell
saxon-stories
the-empty-throne
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Bernard Cornwell |
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4471c00
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You bastard!' he shouted. He was quick. No warrior stays alive by being slow.
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uhtred
cornwell
saxon-stories
the-empty-throne
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Bernard Cornwell |
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254f669
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Cnut Longsword had near killed me with his blade Ice-Spite and it was small consolation that Serpent-Breath had sliced his throat in the same heartbeat that his sword had broken a rib and pierced my lung.
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cnut
uhtred
cornwell
saxon-stories
the-empty-throne
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Bernard Cornwell |
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c361110
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Men do not relish the shield wall. They do not rush to death's embrace. You look ahead and see the overlapping shields, the helmets, the glint of axes and spears and swords, and you know you must go into the reach of those blades, into the place of death, and it takes time to summon the courage, to heat the blood, to let the madness overtake caution.
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war
uhtred
shield-wall
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Bernard Cornwell |
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4d7a239
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Serpent-Breath was famous...Wasp-Sting, short and lethal.
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uhtred
sword
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Bernard Cornwell |
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c13a9fe
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"All you need to know, boy," Finan growled, "is that Lord Uhtred's side is the one that wins."
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finan
side
uhtred
know
need
win
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Bernard Cornwell |