The proctor studied her. " You are ... brawny for a woman, it is true, but ... mayhaps I should take you up to Elder Brother. He will have seen you crossing the mud. Come" .
" Your axe" ? exclaimed the larger of the riders, a brawny man with a shaggy beard and a shock of orange hair. " Did you hear that, Haldon? The little man wants to fight with us" !