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Mellis woke on her bed of bracken soon after the birds had broken into song. She went to the window of the tower room and found the valley full of white mist and the whole world all wet with dew. The day promised gloriously, heralded1 by such a dawn.
As she had said to Martin Valliant, every hour was precious, for the Lord of Troy’s riders would be scouring2 the Forest, and Woodmere would not be forgotten. If she and Martin were to hold it as a strong rallying place for their friends of the Red Rose, then it behooved4 them to be up and doing before their ruinous stronghold was attacked.
She opened her door, and going softly down the stairs, found Martin Valliant still sleeping across them on his bed of fern. And for the moment she felt loth to rouse him, for he lay breathing as quietly as a child, one arm under his head.
“Martin Valliant——”
She touched him with her foot, and the result was miraculous6. He sat up, clutching the billhook that lay on the step beside him, a most fierce and unpeaceful figure in the gray light of the dawn.
“Stand! Who’s there?”
Mellis retreated a step or two, laughing, for he was a dangerous gentleman with that bill of his.
“A friend, Martin Valliant.”
He got up, looking not a little angry with himself for having let her catch him asleep.
“What, daylight already!”
“I was loth to wake you, but there is much to be done.”
“It is I who should have been awake, not you.”
He looked in a temper that wanted to catch the day’s work by the throat and throttle7 it. Mellis stepped over the pile of bracken and stood in the doorway8 that opened on the courtyard.
“One does not work well hungry,” she said, “and we must talk over the day’s needs.”
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growth; economy; management; and customer satisfaction 增长 | |
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