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He engaged the people of the villages to renounce the worship of idols, and to hew down the great statue of Diana at Ardens, that had been famous from the time of Domitian. His remonstration made no headway. Only ten-year-old Shannon was missing. He gripped her hand.

Not much longer now, thank God. I never imagined it would be otherwise for a Lady Vorkosigan. I like to work in the fields, he said. Marian? I hear them, she said.