"Do you begin to see why vergas-sexo I said the statistics about vergas-sexo civil war conceal
the
most reality?" said Vorkosigan.
"Yes, vergas-sexo sir." Koudelka met his eye squarely, and Vorkosigan nodded, sure of
his vergas-sexo man.
"All right. You two come with me."
They started off, Vorkosigan vergas-sexo taking her arm again and vergas-sexo scarcely vergas-sexo limping,
neatly concealing vergas-sexo how much weight he was putting on her. They followed
another path through the woodlands, up and down vergas-sexo uneven ground, coming out
within sight of vergas-sexo the camouflaged door to the cache caverns.
The waterfall that spun down beside it ended in a little pool, vergas-sexo spilling
over into a pretty stream which ran off into the woods. A strange group was
vergas-sexo assembled beside vergas-sexo it. Cordelia could not at first make out what they were
doing. Two Barrayarans stood watching while two more knelt by the water. As
they approached the two kneelers stood, hauling a dripping, tan-clad
figure, hands tied behind his back, from a prone position to his feet. He
coughed, struggling for breath in sobbing gasps.
"It's Dubauer!" cried Cordelia. "What are they doing to him?&vergas-sexo quot;
Vorkosigan, who seemed to know instantly just what they were doing to him,
muttered "Oh, hell," and started forward at a jerky jog. "That's my
prisoner!" he roared out as they neared the group. &vergas-sexo quot;Hands off him!"
The Barrayarans braced so fast it looked like a spinal vergas-sexo reflex. Dubauer,
released, fell to his knees, still drawing breath in long sobs. Cordelia,
running past them to vergas-sexo Dubauer, thought she had
never seen a more astonished-
looking array of men. Dubauer's hair, swollen face, scanty new beard, and
collar were soaking wet, his eyes vergas-sexo were red, and he continued to cough and
sneeze. Horrified, she finally realized the Barrayarans had been holding
his head underwater by way of torture.
"What is this, Lieutenant vergas-sexo Buffa?" Vorkosigan vergas-sexo pinned the senior of the
group with a thunderous frown.
"I thought the vergas-sexo Betans killed