His face was blank, like that of astatue, and his lips set and blanched frosty white. The VOC was no longerprepared to tolerate the savages treachery, their sly thieving ways ortheir drunkenness when they were able to get their hands on spirits. Don't do that! He tried to catch hold of her wrist, but she was tooswift for him. Despite thedays he had spent with a sword in his hand this was Hal's first killwith the cold steel, and he was unprepared for the sensation of hisblade running through human flesh.
It was the usual practice of the VOC to secure the most valuable itemsin this manner. He was indeed, sir. The lieutenant spun round to face him,lifting his blade into the guard. She cupped her other hand over it, hiding it in her lapwhile she glanced around at the faces that surrounded her.
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