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“Indeed: they who need them most pay handsomely and strong, sire. They can return the goods when their circumstances permit. In the mean time, they will pay a good commission. We can share that. We can be Partners!”  
“Indeed: they who need them most pay handsomely and strong, sire. They can return the goods when their circumstances permit. In the mean time, they will pay a good commission. We can share that. We can be Partners!”  


“Partners!” with that Reg roared with laughter. “Who are these borrowers of your stocks?”
“Partners!” with that Reg roared with laughter. “Who are these “borrowers” of your stocks, little man?”


“Well, now — for example, ''you'' look hungry, right now, sire —”
“Well, now — for example, ''you'' look hungry, right now, sire —”
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Reg took it and eagerly took a long draught. “Oh, Vlad, it is very good.”
Reg took it and eagerly took a long draught. “Oh, Vlad, it is very good.”


“Isn’t it just. The finest royal stocks! And my prices are fair.”
“The finest royal stocks! And my prices are fair.”


“Prices?”
“Prices?”


Vlad held out his hand. “A gold coin”
Vlad held out his hand. “One gold ducat”


“A gold coin? for my own catches?”
“A gold ducat? For my own catches?”


“Business is business! How else will we have something to share?”
“Business is business! How else will we have something to share?”


With an air of bafflement, Reg handed over a copper, and devoured the stock. The two men ate and drank their fill then fell asleep by the fire.
Somewhat baffled, Reg handed over a coin, and devoured the stock.


They were rudely awakened not two hours later by the King’s Guard, conducting a routine audit patrol of the King's hunting grounds.  
He was rudely awakened not two hours later by the King’s Guard, conducting a routine audit patrol of the King’s hunting grounds.  


“What have we here?” said the watch commander. Two poachers.
“What have we here?” said the watch commander. A greasy poachers.
Vlad leaps to Reg’s defence, explaining to the King’s guard that far from Reg having stolen the game, he had in fact just dispossessed thieves of it and was returning to the King. When pressed, Vlad explains it was a nasty-looking Romanian thief.  
 
Vlad, still bound to the tree, calls out in Reg’s defence, explaining to the King’s guard that far from Reg having stolen the game, he had in fact just dispossessed thieves of it and was returning to the King. When pressed, Vlad explains it was a nasty-looking Romanian thief.  


“Well, who are you, then?”
“Well, who are you, then?”
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