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The situation on this time line was far from satisfactory, even if the crisis threatened by Gavran Sarn's renegade pet had been averted. The presence of a chief's assistant might be desirable. At least, he had a right to expect a short vacation. THE SITUATION ON THIS TIME LINE WAS FAR FROM SATISFACTORY EVEN IF THE CRISIS CREATED BY GAVRAN SARN'S RENEGADE PET HAD BEEN AVERTED THE PRESENCE OF A CHIEF'S ASSISTANT MIGHT BE DESIRABLE AT LEAST HE HAD THE RIGHT TO EXPECT A SHORT VACATION
He went back and rummaged in the debris of the long-deserted barn. He picked up a hoe, and discarded it as too light. An old plowshare was too unhandy. He considered a grate-bar from a heating furnace, and then he found the poleax, lying among a pile of wormeaten boards. Its handle had been shortened, at some time, to about twelve inches, converting it into a heavy hatchet. He weighed it, and tried it on a block of wood, and then, making sure that the secret door was closed, he went out again and drove off. An hour later, he returned. Opening the secret door, he carried the ruined shoulder holster, and the straps that had bound the bobcat's feet, and the ax, now splotched with blood and tawny cat-hairs, into the dome. Then he closed the secret room, and took a long drink from the bottle on his hip. The job was done. He would take a hot bath, and sleep in the farmhouse till noon, and then he would return to the First Level. Maybe Tortha Karf would want him to come back here for a while. P IT WON'T HURT A BIT HE WENT BACK AND RUMMAGED IN THE DEBRIS OF THE LONG DESERTED BARN HE PICKED UP A HOE AND DISCARDED IT AS TOO LIGHT AN OLD PLOUGHSHARE WAS TOO UNHANDY HE CONSIDERED A GREAT BAR FROM A HEATING FURNACE AND THEN HE FOUND THE POLE AXE LYING AMONG A PILE OF WORM EATEN BOARDS ITS HANDLE HAD BEEN SHORTENED AT SOME TIME TO ABOUT TWELVE INCHES CONVERTING IT INTO A HEAVY HATCHET HE WEIGHED IT AND TRIED IT ON A BLOCK OF WOOD AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT THE SECRET DOOR WAS CLOSED HE WENT OUT AGAIN AND DROVE OFF AN HOUR LATER HE RETURNED OPENING THE SECRET DOOR HE CARRIED THE RUINED SHOULDER HOLSTER AND THE STRAPS THAT HAD BOUND THE BOB CAT'S FEET AND THE AXE NOW SPLOTCHED WITH BLOOD AND TAWNY CAT HAIRS INTO THE DOME THEN HE CLOSED THE SECRET ROOM AND TOOK A LONG DRINK FROM THE BOTTLE ON HIS HIP THE JOB WAS DONE HE WOULD TAKE A HOT BATH AND SLEEP IN THE FARMHOUSE TILL NOON AND THEN HE WOULD RETURN TO THE FIRST LEVEL MAYBE TORITHIA CARF WOULD WANT HIM TO COME BACK HERE FOR A WHILE
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