Salvation's Fire by Justina Robson

Author:Justina Robson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy
Publisher: Rebellion Publishing Ltd

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

FISHER PUT UP the shrouds, transforming the little shop into an abandoned building, rank with webs and filth, a suggestion of rat gnawing on the few bits of old counter and bench left long ago. An air of damp and neglect sank down over the place. “I always hate doing this,” he said. “One day it will be real, won’t it?”

“Don’t think of that,” Catt said gently, patting Fisher on the arm. “Think of it bright and full with the best of the new collection, the Book for me to read, the snake in the hearth, burning with jewelfire through any night of cold. We will have cosy feet.”

“I hope so,” Fisher said, closing the door behind them and pocketing the key. They turned and went in different directions, one on foot, striding out with a staff. He covered the ground deceptively fast. The other climbed up onto an ornate chariot and took the reins of his heavily-horned rams and gave them a little shake. “Hup, boys,” he said, quietly. “Hup hup.” And the sheep pulled and the chariot, much taller than they were and with a semblance of being really far too large for them, rolled quietly over the stones and was a cause of much merriment all the way to the gate for there was no dignity in sheep, apparently.

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