Ladytree

The other times in Dastko he had slept on the ground beside the village well, under the branches of the Ladytree, where no one was allowed to charge rent.

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Kesh walked back to the Ladytree and his own wagon, where Tebedir kept watch.

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The filtered light cast all things sheltered under the Ladytree in a gentle glow.

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The elder Ladytree was, like a vast chamber, sufficient for "many families to gather in their separate houses under one roof," as the tale had it.

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The innkeeper gave him a fearful grimace and tore away, shouting at a pair of untidy lads loitering by the gate to come and give a hand, and he lumbered off toward the inn after the envoy while his servants, or slaves, ran toward the Ladytree.

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The watchtower spanned the outer gate, and his view of it was in any case half blocked by the lush crown of the Ladytree.

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There were four vehicles under the Ladytree, crammed to fit: three wagons and one handcart.

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At length, he retreated back to the cooling shelter of the Ladytree and approached the forester and cart master with some trepidation.

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Two men turned their horses and trotted toward the Ladytree.

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Because their own Ladytree was so ill-cared-for that it had blown down in last year's storms.

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