"But you know they are Sardaukar."

Sardaukar?"

men."

not strange?"

Hawat's aide spoke slowly, disbelief in every word: "You . . . captured

you talking about Sardaukar?"

"Who am I?" Hawat asked bitterly.

"Who am I?" Hawat asked bitterly.

"We would not have lost the two except for those others fighting beside the

"You are Thufir Hawat," the man said matter-of-factly. "Well, we would have

Harkonnens," the Fremen said. "Some of those are good fighters."

said.

was

"Who am I?" Hawat asked bitterly.

"But you know they are Sardaukar."

"You are Thufir Hawat," the man said matter-of-factly. "Well, we would have

"We would not have lost the two except for those others fighting beside the

"We . . . don't know," Hawat said.

"Who am I?" Hawat asked bitterly.

Harkonnens," the Fremen said. "Some of those are good fighters."

"Who am I?" Hawat asked bitterly.

Harkonnens," the Fremen said. "Some of those are good fighters."

"The Emperor does not wish it known he fights against a Great House," Hawat

Sardaukar?"

said.

"Sardaukar," the Fremen mused. "Yet they wear Harkonnen clothing. Is that

Sardaukar?"

"The Emperor does not wish it known he fights against a Great House," Hawat

"We . . . don't know," Hawat said.