' it would be so much more convenient if you could do your own talking , would n't it ? ' ' i told you to shut up , sparhawk , ' annias grated , handing his note to a young monk to carry to makova . ' my , are n't we testy this morning , ' sparhawk observed . ' did n't you sleep well last night ,
annias

like i said , he was talking so fast that it was all we could do to write it all down . '' '' you wrote while he talked ? '' henri says . '' of course we did . we 're journalists , '' he says incredulously . '' do you think we make up the stories we write ? '' '' yeah , i do , '' says
henri

'' at least general arnold has brought good boatwrights up to skenesborough to build gunships and a veritable swarm of bateaux to supplement the ships that our green mountain boys liberated from the british for him , '' said another man , grinning . '' for my part , it gives me comfort to see general arnold patrolling the lake , and i am gladdened each time i see that his fleet has grown even larger , '' said caleb . '' indeed , '' said the miller . '' i 'm comforted to learn that you are keeping up your watch on the lake ,
caleb