Only when they were sopping the last of the soup from the bottom of their bowls with the last of the bread did Evaard speak. Then he rolled up Fencil’s pant leg and smeared a thick glob of woodwort paste over the boy’s wound, binding it securely with one of Vernal’s enchanted bandages.Ĭhevall, Evvard and Vernal ate in silence, each more interested in the hot soup than conversation. “That ought to stop the pain and break the fever,” Chevall said.
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While Vernal dished out steaming bowls of trail soup and ripped a loaf of bread into dipping-sized chunks, Evaard propped Fencil up and Chevall ladeled the boy full of woodwort tea. Sometimes kindness is a more effective reprimand than any jeremiad ever could be. “It is my job.â€Įvaard and Chevall exchanged knowing looks behind Vernal’s back. Vernal tossed his bedroll aside and stepped toward the fire. Now here he was acting like a panjandrum and Evaard was about to wait on him. He was the page, yet time and time again Evaard had done menial chores without complaint.
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