Chapter III: The Barber Among Men   30th of the Deep Cold, 1537 The Once-Proud Hamlet called The Saltpans, on The Isle of Ulmsbottom Edgar de Saltpans is reunited with his compatriots.           When Edgar de Saltpans opened his eyes, he awoke to a bleary and gray sky full of heavy clouds that chugged indolently across the heavens. As his cognizance returned to him, he became vaguely mindful of the fact that he was laying on the wood