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They came out of the wood and headed uphill, knowing they would come to the road sooner or later. They had been travelling for half an hour when Emily remembered Cari. She rode up to Adam’s side. “Why doesn’t Cari work for me?”
“It’s obvious,” Adam smiled, “you’re not pure in heart like me!”
Emily gave her brother an impure glare and rode for an hour in wounded silence.
They finally regained the road which they had left for Trow Town the day before. By mid-afternoon, Emily broke her silence to complain about her hunger. She was right, of course, because they hadn’t eaten that day. She described her idea of a perfect meal to Palustric as they passed over the brow of a hill. Ahead of them, they saw travellers.
“Look, it’s Cloutric and the others!” Adam shouted.
This time the dwarves
