"Coya was unsure whether Hirharouk spoke in tact or truth..." (p. 381)
That makes sense. Coya hears what the Ythrian captain says but does not know why he says it.
"Was it to gibe or be friendly that van Rijn responded in pretty fair Planha?" (p. 379) (See here.)
In this second, earlier, case, only van Rijn and Hirharouk are present. Thus, only Hirharouk can wonder about van Rijn's motivation but the passage does not seem to be narrated from Hirharouk's pov and, if it were, then this would clash with the switch to Coya's pov when she enters the stateroom.
Completely immersed in the Polesotechnic League period of Poul Anderson's Technic History, I do not currently want to return to the fourteenth century of Anderson's Rogue Sword but its time will come. Quite a while back, when navigating through Anderson's fictional pasts (historical fiction, historical fantasy and heroic fantasy), I did not at that time want to return to any of his fictional futures.
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Kaor, Paul!
I had wondered about the hiatus in comments about ROGUE SWORD. I've already reached Chapter XIV of that book.
Ad astra! Sean
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