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Violante surveyed him carefully; each situation, each trespasser, had a different story, and Violante would listen to each before she made her judgement. She tried to be fair to all. So, she mulled over his words, then told him quietly, "I will bar none a meal in midwinter." Then, with mild derision, "But why a fox? Surely a hare would taste better."