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She was laughing delightedly. That suggests that Splennites visit Tyss often enough thatpeople are aware of them as frequent visitors-even little children. The two left. Clearly the Komarsi artilleryobservers didn't know whether they were long or short; they kept changingthe range, plowing the pasture, the forest edge, the roadsides.

Some who'd lain down and refused to get up, Willinghad had shot, and the problem had abated somewhat till nightfall. She gave her attention to the surviving women then, but they weren't awareof her, and after another minute she left. Not really. She stepped outside intoearly-morning chill, though the sun was up.