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Sotopo's family was one of the most powerful in the valley and could be expected, in the years to come, to provide both leadership and wealth; it would not be wise to affront them. “Are you all right?” the vicar asked. Robert had his daughter, so he didn’t need Dougless. “About as much as measles and whooping cough,” Dougless murmured.

The fat, sun-warmed strawberries were more flavorful than any Dougless had ever tasted in the modern world. “These clothes have been made,” he said, his eyes wide. That the boy would ultimately return he never doubted, and that Louis could wrest the vineyard from silly Sarel was evident. His brother’s blood trickled down Kit’s bare, wet chest.