So Jan had heard, from some of the refugees, but he'd discounted it as wild rumor. The general owed his power to his control overthe army alone, and the loss of Pappenheim was irreparable. No, it wasn't, Simpson agreed in a coolly judicious tone. She sniffed, turned away, and went back to work with her ladle.
They wouldn't know the difference anyway, added Ellie. After all, they wereburning a lot of them. The fact that he and Simpson got along like a house on fire (not, Eddie admitted tohimself, perhaps the best chosen metaphor, here in the ashes of Magdeburg) didn't seem to be hurtingthings, either. She stared through the open, shattered doorway.
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