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. He indicated that
Luke should join him there, and I followed when he did.
It was a map of the western fringe of Arden, and he' pointed out our
position on it. Garnath lay to our sout-southwest, Amber to the southeast.
"Our troops are situated here;" he said, with a movement of his finger.
"And Dalt's are here." He described another line, roughly paralleling our
own.
"What about Benedict's force?" I inquired.
He glanced at me, showing the slightest of frowns.
"It is good for Luke to know that there is such a force," he stated,
"but not its size, location, or objective. That way, if Dalt were to capture
and question him, i" he'd have a lot to worry about and nothing to act
upon."
Luke nodded. "Good idea," he said.
Julian pointed again, to a spot midway between the lines. "This is the
place where I met with him when we spoke earlier," he explained. "It is a
clear, level area, in view of both sides during daylight. I'd suggest we use
it again, for your meeting."
"All right," Luke said, and I noticed that as he spoke, Julian's
fingertips caressed the handle of the dagger that lay before him. Then I saw
that Luke's right hand, in casual movement, had come to rest upon his belt,
slightly to the left and near to his own dagger.
Simultaneously, then, Luke and Julian smiled at each other, and held it
several seconds too long
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