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Book Two: Muad‘dib
ButIdoubthe’llwantto:theweaponisnotaverygoodone.PoordesignforArrakis.”
“You...tookone?”Hawatasked.
“Itwasagoodfight,”theFremensaid.“Welostonlytwomenandspilledthewaterfrommorethanahundredoftheirs.”
TherewereSardaukarateverygun,Hawatthought.ThisdesertmadmanspeakscasuallyoflosingonlytwomenagainstSardaukar!
“WewouldnothavelostthetwoexceptforthoseothersfightingbesidetheHarkonnens,”theFremensaid.“Someofthosearegoodfighters.”
OneofHawat’smenlimpedforward,lookeddownatthesquattingFremen.
“AreyoutalkingaboutSardaukar?”
“He’stalkingaboutSardaukar,”Hawatsaid.
“Sardaukar!”theFremensaid,andthereappearedtobegleeinhisvoice.
“Ah-h-h,sothat’swhattheyare!Thiswasagoodnightindeed.Sardaukar.
Whichlegion?Doyouknow?”
“We...don’tknow,”Hawatsaid.
“Sardaukar,”theFremenmused.“YettheywearHarkonnenclothing.Isthatnotstrange?”
“TheEmperordoesnotwishitknownhefightsagainstaGreatHouse,”
Hawatsaid.
“ButyouknowtheyareSardaukar.”
“WhoamI?”Hawataskedbitterly.
“YouareThufirHawat,”themansaidmatter-of-factly.“Well,wewouldhavelearneditintime.We’vesentthreeofthemcaptivetobequestionedbyLiet’smen.”
Hawat’saidespokeslowly,disbeliefineveryword:“You...capturedSardaukar?”
“Onlythreeofthem,”theFremensaid.“Theyfoughtwell.”
Ifonlywe’dhadthetimetolinkupwiththeseFremen,Hawatthought.Itwasasourlamentinhismind.
