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“‘I’m sure we’re all nervous,’ Alyss said. She directed one of her rare smiles at Will. ‘We’d be stupid not to be.’ ‘Well, I’m not!’ Horace said, then reddened as Alyss raised one eyebrow and Jenny giggled.”
As soon as he makes his boast, Horace realizes he’s fallen into a verbal trap that makes him look like a fool. The other ward mates admire Horace, but they’re unimpressed by his false bravado. They’re honest friends, the kind he’ll need if things get tough and doubt begins to shadow him.
“Strange, he thought, how seldom people tend to look up.”
“‘Bucket there. Barrel outside the door. Water in the river. Ax in the lean-to, firewood behind the cabin. Broom by the door and I believe you can probably see where the floor might be?’ ‘Yes, sir,’ said Will, beginning to roll up his sleeves. […] As he walked outside, the empty bucket in one hand, he heard the Ranger say contentedly as he poured himself a mug of coffee and sat down again: ‘I’d forgotten how much fun having an apprentice can be.’”
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