Chapter 21

SHERIFF LOCKE arranged for Tom to saddle horses for "the visiting constable and his... friend" while Dallin kept an eye on Calder as Miri fussed and bandaged--the healer had yet to show up. Tom dragooned one of the bar lads to hitch the inn's only draft pony to the inn's only cart, also on Locke's orders, for the purpose of carrying the bodies to the local healing house, the cellar of which apparently doubled as the local morgue. And then Locke commandeered Tom to drive it. Garson nattered at Locke the whole while that all property--animals, cart, and hostler--had best be returned within a night cycle and in no worse shape than they'd been when they'd left, and furthermore, how did one go about submitting a voucher for damages and services rendered?