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"That&039;s just so typical of you, Marcia," snapped Silas "Now that you&039;re ExtraOrdinary Wizard you just take what you want froht You just don&039;t live in the real world anymore, do you? Unlike us Ordinary Wizards We knohat it&039;s like to be in danger"

"Muriel&039;s going well," said Nicko brightly, trying to change the subject He didn&039;t like it when Silas got upset about Ordinary Wizards Nicko thought being an Ordinary Wizard was pretty good He wouldn&039;t fancy it hio sailing - but he reckoned it was a respectable job And ould want to be ExtraOrdinary Wizard anyway? Stuck in that weird Tower for o anywhere without people gawking at you There was no way he would ever want to do that

Marcia sighed "I iave her fro studiedly at the distant riverbank

"You gave Sally one of your belt Charms?" asked Silas, aht need it"

"The KeepSafe is there to be used when the Need is Great Sally is going to join Sarah and Galen It may be of so to be sick" An uneasy silence fell

"Muriel&039;s doing nicely, Nicko You&039;re a good sailor," said Silas so broadly, as he always did when a boat was sailing well Nicko was guiding Muriel expertly through the water, balancing the pull of the tiller against the force of the wind in the sails and sending the little boat singing through the waves

"Is that the Marra to the distant riverbank on his left He had noticed that the landscape around the down the middle of as a wide expanse of water, and in the distance Nicko could see a vast stretch of flat low-lying land, dusted with snow and shiht

Silas stared out across the water

"Perhaps you should sail that way a bit, Nicko," suggested Silas, waving his ar "Then we can keep an eye open for the Deppen Ditch That&039;s the one we need"

Silas hoped he could remember the entrance to the Deppen Ditch, which was the channel that led to Keeper&039;s Cottage, where Aunt Zelda lived It had been a long time since he had been to see Aunt Zelda, and the marshland all looked ed course and was heading in the direction of Silas&039;s waving arh the darkness behind theht