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"Of course I a look and went in search of Lady Arell, her usual co," Silk observed, "and she's not nearly as bad-tempered as I'd expected"

"You should have been around a few ine"

"It happens, I suppose -or so I've been told"

"What have you been up to lately?" Garion asked, leaning back in his chair "We haven't heard much about you"

"I've been in Mallorea," Silk replied, sipping at his wine "The fur trade isn't very challenging anythat end of the business We felt that there was a great deal of eate"

"Isn't it a little dangerous for a Western ed "No worse than Rak Goska -or Tol Honeth, for that erous places, Garion"

"Couldn't you just buy your goods at Yar Marak or Thull Zelik when they come off the Mallorean ships?"

"The prices are better at the source Everytih another pair of hands, the price doubles"

"Thatthe freedoo anywhere in the world he wanted to go "What's Mallorea really like?" he asked "We hear stories, but I think that's all they are most of the tiravely "Kal Zakath's off fighting his ith the Murgos, and the Grolims went all to pieces when they heard about the death of Torak Mallorean society has always been directed from either Mal Zeth or Mal Yaska -the ee The governether, but Malloreans need strong leadership and right now they don't have it All sorts of strange things are beginning to surface -rebellions, new religions, that kind of thing"

A thought occurred to Garion "Have you run across the name Zandramas?" be asked curiously

Silk looked at him sharply "It's odd you should ask that," he said "When I was in Boktor, just before Rhodar died, I was talking with Javelin Errand happened to be there and he asked Javelin the same question Javelin told him that it's a Darshivan name and that was about all he knew When I went back to Mallorea, I asked in a few places, but people got very tight-lipped and white-knuckled every tiathered that it has soions Iabout so Sardius, htfully against his lower lip "It's got a faer on where I heard it"

"If you happen to re you can find out about it"

"Is it iht be Grandfather and Beldin have been trying to track it down"

"I've got soet back, I'll see what I can find out"

"You're going back soon, then?"

Silk nodded "I'd have stayed there, but a little crisis careedy We've been paying him some very healthy bribes to persuade him to look the other way about soot the notion that erewith the idea of expropriating our holdings in Gar og Nadrak I had to coe that? I've always had the i Nadrak"