4
Lydelton
As they rode into Lydelton, Julian was surprised to find the road paved. He had expected dirt streets, or at best cobblestones, but the main street into the town was paved with what looked like squares of flagstone.
"How did this happen?" he asked Raedrick.
The other man shrugged. "There's a rock quarry a little ways up in the mountains east of here. Back before I first came here, some folks got the idea to use some of that rock to pave the streets. They only got the main street done before deciding it was too much effort, or something."
Julian chuckled.
But his humor faded quickly as he looked from the paving stones to the people in the town. A dozen, maybe twenty, townsfolk were walking the main street as their horses began clopping down the road. One and all turned towa
