The lanky Corsair listening to Gentle and his outburst, raising his eyebrows.
"All in favor, say Aye!"
Taking a drink of water, and moving before anyone else could, the Elder stood up.
"Aye!"
"The thirteen saloons that had lined the one street of Seney had not left a trace. The foundations of the Mansion House hotel stuck up above the ground. The stone was chipped and split by the fire. It was all that was left of the town of Seney. Even the surface had been burned off the ground.
Nick looked at the burned-over stretch of hillside, where he had expected to find the scattered houses of the town and then walked down the railroad track to the bridge over the river. The river was there."
