![]() I suddenly had the feeling that I couldn't take him, and I parried like mad and retreated in the same fashion as he beat me back, step by step. He was perhaps one of the greatest swordsmen I had ever faced. Let's see what you learned on the Shadow Earth."Īnd he lunged then and beat me back, and I felt suddenly that for all my work he was still my master. And I'd like to quit your claim right now. Slay me, and the throne will probably be yours. If you wish to try me at arms, I find myself suitably attired. "Then it is between the two of us now, Corwin," he said. But you must recall that I've defeated you twice, mercifully granting you your life on a Shadow world the last occasion." I don't know why we are driven to strive so for this ridiculous position. "It's true, that uneasy-lies-the-head bit. "More than one of us are assembled against you." And his eyes were wide with amaze and his voice heavy with that which men call sarcasm, and I can't think of a better word, as he replied: ![]()
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