There stand I, Hawat thought.

it pointedly, leaned back and studied the room. It struck him as an odd place

quiescent, the target dummy beside it patched and padded, looking like an

door."

"Does that make you sad?"

Hawat suppressed a smile, strode across the room.

Hawat's eyes were two pools of alertness in a dark and deeply seamed face.

There stand I, Hawat thought.

Paul straightened, spoke without turning: "I know. I'm sitting with my back

Hawat suppressed a smile, strode across the room.

Arrakis. A training table remained, and a fencing mirror with its crystal prisms

"The sounds I make could be imitated."

Arrakis. A training table remained, and a fencing mirror with its crystal prisms

Hawat's eyes were two pools of alertness in a dark and deeply seamed face.

Hawat's eyes were two pools of alertness in a dark and deeply seamed face.

to a door."

into line.

He might at that, Hawat thought. That witch-mother of his is giving him the

suddenly, a stranger-place with most of its hardware already gone off to

"Thufir, what're you thinking?" Paul asked.

Paul remained bent over his studies.

it pointedly, leaned back and studied the room. It struck him as an odd place

"The sounds I make could be imitated."

A cloud shadow passed over the skylights. Again, Hawat cleared his throat.

A cloud shadow passed over the skylights. Again, Hawat cleared his throat.

into line.

suddenly, a stranger-place with most of its hardware already gone off to

A cloud shadow passed over the skylights. Again, Hawat cleared his throat.

deep training, certainly. I wonder what her precious school thinks of that?