Mat felt a stab of sorrow for the dead. Lopin, who had only recently shown that he was recovered from Nalesean’s death. Light burn him, he had been a good man! Not even a soldier, just a serving man, content to have someone to take care of. Mat now felt terrible for having complained about him. Without Lopin’s help, Mat would not have been able to escape Ebou Dar. And the four Redarms, two of whom had survived Ebou Dar and the gholam’s previous attack. I should have sent word, Mat thought. Should have put the entire camp on alert. Would that have done any good? The gholam had proven itself
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