Kitchener blinked. Three nights from now it will be the dark of the moon, and in thenight we will cross the river. It is not explicitly recorded that Yamato-dake hadany further encounter with the Yemishi, but figurative referencesshow that he had much fighting. It caught, then burnt brightly; the warm yellowlight chased the shadows along the walls.
His fierce and cruel featureswere inscrutable. His benign expression turned tocold fury when he learnt of the destruction of three thousand sacks ofhis precious dhurra. Ryder felt a cold slide of disappointment. He's a nasty piece of work, byall accounts.
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