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"I don't suppose you have anything to eat stored anyplace?" Errand said wistfully His sto on toward suppertiarath looked up from a parchment scroll he had just fished out from under one of the couches "What?" he asked "Oh yes I'd alo visit the twins They're bound to have soarath shrugged "That doesn't really matter, Errand You must learn that that's what friends and family are for -to be iet through life without overexerting yourself, is that, when all else fails, fall back on friends and relations"

The twin sorcerers, Beltira and Belkira, were overjoyed to see the on the fire" turned out to be a savory stew that was at least as good as one that ara's kitchen

When Errand coht her how to cook?" he asked

It was not until several days later, when the cleaning of Belgarath's tower had progressed to the point where the floor was receiving its first scrubbing in a dozen or more centuries, that Beldin finally stopped by

"What are you doing, Belgarath?" the filthy, misshapen hunchback des, and he was gnarled like an old oak stus and bits of straw clung to him in various places

"Just a little cleaning," Belgarath replied, looking al to get dirty again" He looked at a nu the curved wall "What you really ought to do is render down your floor for soup stock"

"Did you coreeable?"

"I saw the smoke from your chimney I wanted to see if anybody was here or if all this litter had just taken fire spontaneously"

Errand knew that Belgarath and Beldin were genuinely fond of each other and that this banter between them was one of their favorite for even as he listened

"Would you like soarath asked

"Not if you brewed it," Beldin replied ungraciously "You'd think that a man who drinks as much as you do have learned how to make decent ale by now"

"That last batch wasn't so bad," Belgarath protested

"I've run across stu I borrowed this keg fro it?"