she realized.

    t t didn’t  for the unavoidable lullaby.

    Patar suddenly screamed, and stood rigid, to be replaced by grey. t, even o soggy as sucked all t of ant. Nerengt from t took s moved, becoming a large, disgustingly elongated sort of rat. Quicker tural rat, it scuttled toant.

    toucone didn’t miss. -ure just be-s sinuous midsection.

    Pinned to ture s suff  s body, escaping trap.

    Quickly, Sabriel stood over it, Ranna sounding in , lazy tone ec into the shed.

    Before t ceased to  by its sing from t lay like a lump of cill impaled.

    Sabriel replaced Ranna, and dres forceful voice snapped out, sound  of domination over ture. t made no effort to resist, even to make a mouto  it succumb to h.

    S t ated as er  alker sometimes s o irring suspiciously under her hand.

    Best to  a moment, to calm , taking he bandolier.

    So  toucone and Mogget  t ricksome too, but its trickery roublesome.

    “t,” so toucone, alogued as one of to ride ing to some extent, directing it, and slo a makes to find.”

    “ do  nooucone, eyeing taste. It clearly couldn’t be cut up, consumed by fire, or anythink of.

    “I  back to die a true deatill felt uneasy, for ting in rying to sound of its o would make h.

    S  aug, singing a merry tune, a capering jig t almost  jumping too, till so be absolutely still.

    t , toucone t it ting a to ts. t slid back doo bob and spin in t, ever voice it o te.

    “to toucone. S ill deeply