And then the antishadow, the Black Company, came, ever so hungry after the long sprint south from the victory at Ghoja Ford! They held him for twenty-four hours, until three separate confirmations came through from Paris that the jackal was dead, and five landlords of isolated taverns in the far north of Sutherland County, Scotland, had testified that Charles Calthrop had indeed spent the previous three weeks indulging his passion for climbing and fishing, and had stayed at their establishments?