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Eodwine
"Then we had better let him sleep," he replied. He made to rise, but found that he did not have the strength for it. He lay on his back and thought a moment.
"Papa, come!" Ruari whispered.
"A moment, moppet."
He rolled to his stomach, placed his hands on the bed, and pushed himself to a sitting position. He stood up, his legs feeling shaky, and made to follow his daughter, but felt as if he were on stilts that gave in the middle. Next moment he was on the floor, feeling lightheaded.
"Papa!" Her eyes had gone wide.
"Get mother, Ruari," he grunted.
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