Excerpt: ...to count the other two bags. The officer raised his voice. "Lor, get back out here. I've more for you to count." He tossed the bag to the clerk, then stood, glaring at the unfortunate trader. At last, he kicked the nearest bale. "Well," he growled, "get this stuff off the wharf. What are you waiting for?" He watched the barge crew load, then turned. Lor came from the guard house. "All is in order, My Captain." "Very well." Gerda looked at him approvingly. Then, he swung to the merchant, fixing him with a stern ...
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Excerpt: ...to count the other two bags. The officer raised his voice. "Lor, get back out here. I've more for you to count." He tossed the bag to the clerk, then stood, glaring at the unfortunate trader. At last, he kicked the nearest bale. "Well," he growled, "get this stuff off the wharf. What are you waiting for?" He watched the barge crew load, then turned. Lor came from the guard house. "All is in order, My Captain." "Very well." Gerda looked at him approvingly. Then, he swung to the merchant, fixing him with a stern glare. "We shall make note of your name, Merchant. See thou that you make honest and accurate valuation in the future. Another time, we shall not be so lenient. The dungeon of Menstal is no pleasant place." He watched till the last of the bargeload was stowed, then nodded curtly. "You may shove off," he said. He turned his head toward the tower. "Down chain," he ordered loudly. The windlass creaked protestingly and the heavy chain dropped slowly into the river. The barge steered to the center of the channel, gathering speed as it passed over the lowered chain. When the barge had cleared, serfs inside the tower strained at the windlass in obedience to the commands of their overseer, and the chain rose jerkily, to regain its former position across the stream. Gerda watched for a moment, then strode toward the guard house. He went inside, to look at the bags of coin on the counting table. "Cattle," he growled, "to think they could cheat the Baron Bel Menstal of his just tax." He stepped back out for a moment, to watch the merchant barge enter the rapids beyond the chain. Then, he swung about and re-entered the tower. Inside, he sat down at his counting table. He opened the bags, spilling their contents out on the boards, and checked their count. There were forty-eight over. He turned to his clerk. "What was your count, Lor?" "Two thousand, one hundred, sir, and forty-eight." "Very good." Gerda smiled a little. "For once in his thieving life, the...
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