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"Tolnedran politics are disgusting," Polgara declared

"Our Prince Kheldar appears to be well on his way toward becoarath continued

"Silk?" Durnik looked a bit aather that what he's doing is sort of legitiarath said "He and that rascal Yarblek have soain control of the entire Nadrak fur harvest I wasn't able to get all the details, but the screa from the major commercial houses in Boktor would see rather well"

"I'm pleased to hear that," Durnik said

"That's probably because you haven't been in the arath chuckled "The price has taken quite a jump, I understand" The old os, your friend Kal Zakath ishis way down the east coast He's added Rak Cthan and Rak Hagga to the list of cities he's captured and depopulated I'os, but it's just possible that Zakath is going a little too far"

"Kal Zakath?" Polgara asked with one eyebrow slightly raised

"An affectation" Belgarath shrugged

"More likely a syarak rulers always seem to be unstable in one way or another" She turned to look at her father "Well?"

"Well what?"

"Have you heard anything fro?"

"I haven't heard a sound -oh, a few official things 'The Rivan King is pleased to announce the appointdo in the least bit personal"

"We are sure he knorite, aren't we?" she demanded exasperatedly "I'm sure that he's not so busy that he hasn't had the time to write at least one letter in the last two years"

"He did," Errand said quietly He ht not have ara

She looked at hiarion wrote to you last winter," Errand said "The letter got lost, though, when the ship his er was aboard sank"

"If the ship sank, then how do you-"

"Pol," Belgarath said in a tone that seemed uncharacteristically firm, "why don't you let me handle this?" He turned to Errand "You say that Garion wrote a letter to Polgara last winter?"

"Yes," Errand said

"But that the letter was lost when the er's ship sank?"

Errand nodded

"Why didn't he write another one then?"

"He doesn't know that the ship sank"