"But you know they are Sardaukar."

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

was

"You are Thufir Hawat," the man said matter-of-factly. "Well, we would have

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

men."

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

"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

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

men."

"Sardaukar," the Fremen mused. "Yet they wear Harkonnen clothing. Is that

you talking about Sardaukar?"

Sardaukar?"

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

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

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

One of Hawat's men limped forward, looked down at the squatting Fremen. "Are

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

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

Sardaukar?"

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

"Only three of them," the Fremen said. "They fought well."

"Only three of them," the Fremen said. "They fought well."

men."

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

men."

"You are Thufir Hawat," the man said matter-of-factly. "Well, we would have

"Only three of them," the Fremen said. "They fought well."