legion? Do you know?"

"Who am I?" Hawat asked bitterly.

Harkonnens," the Fremen said. "Some of those are good fighters."

"We would not have lost the two except for those others fighting beside the

was

Hawat's aide spoke slowly, disbelief in every word: "You . . . captured

"Who am I?" Hawat asked bitterly.

not strange?"

learned it in time. We've sent three of them captive to be questioned by Liet's

If only we'd had the time to link up with these Fremen, Hawat thought. It

men."

"He's talking about Sardaukar," Hawat said.

"The Emperor does not wish it known he fights against a Great House," Hawat

"We would not have lost the two except for those others fighting beside the

Harkonnens," the Fremen said. "Some of those are good fighters."

"Ah-h-h, so that's what they are! This was a good night indeed. Sardaukar. Which

not strange?"

"We . . . don't know," Hawat said.

"The Emperor does not wish it known he fights against a Great House," Hawat

learned it in time. We've sent three of them captive to be questioned by Liet's

"We would not have lost the two except for those others fighting beside the

"Sardaukar!" the Fremen said, and there appeared to be glee in his voice.

was

Sardaukar?"

"But you know they are Sardaukar."

Hawat's aide spoke slowly, disbelief in every word: "You . . . captured

"But you know they are Sardaukar."

"He's talking about Sardaukar," Hawat said.

Sardaukar?"