"That priest," she muttered and was silent for a minute.

The green priests muttered among themselves, uneasy now.

"Great Deneir," the stunned young priest muttered, hardly conscious that he had spoken.

The priest muttered something about people's odd notions of what was important and motioned him to his feet.

"I thought not," the priest muttered to himself.

The other priests muttered, too, and even Gultec peered through the darkness of the clearing to stare out over the sea.

"Only one way to find out," the brave priest muttered grimly, forcing one foot ahead of the other.

The priest muttered his prayers, and the assistants swung their censers.

The priest cast down his eyes, and muttered a few unintelligible words.

"I have kept my side of the bargain," muttered the priest.