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Thorkel spoke to Stangerd about Cormac. It was on the evening of the day after the battle, when he had gone early. "My girl," he said, "what is wrong with this man of yours?"
She flushed, and looked away from him. Her eyes were cloudy. "He is no man of mine," she said.