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Garion stopped and took hold of the a, Aunt Pol"

"Don't stop"

He began pushing on Ce'Nedra's ribs again He was about ready to despair, but then she coughed, and he almost ith relief He continued to push at her back She coughed again, and then she began to cry weakly Garion put his hand on the a, Aunt Pol! She's alive!"

"Good You can stop now What happened?"

"Some woman tried to kill her here in the baths Silk and Brand are chasing the wo silence "I see," Aunt Pol said finally "Now listen, Garion -carefully Ce'Nedra's lungs will be very weak after this The ot to keep her warm and quiet Her life -and the baby's- depend on that As soon as her breathing is stronger, get her into bed I'll be there as soon as I can" Garionup every towel and robe he could find towife As he covered her with a cloak, Silk returned, his face griht behind hi Warder asked, his face desperately concerned

"I think so," Garion said " I got her breathing started again Did the woet away?"

"Not exactly" Silk replied "She ran upstairs until she reached the battleht behind her She saw that there was no way to escape, so she threw herself off"

Garion felt a surge of satisfaction at that "Good," he said without thinking

"No Not really We needed to question her Noe'll never find out who sent her here to do this"

"I hadn't thought of that"

Brand had gone sadly to the silent body of his niece "My poor Arell," he said, his voice full of tears He knelt beside her and took hold of the dagger protruding from her back

"Even in death, she served her queen," he said aler's stuck," Brand explained, tugging at it "The woet it out That's why she was trying to drown Ce'Nedra If she'd been able to use this knife, we'd have been too late"

"I' to find out who's responsible for this," Garion declared from between clenched teeth "I think I'll have hi Boiling has always been hts of vengeance fled from Garion's mind as he turned to her While he held his wife close to hi quietly to Brand

"After somebody picks up what's left of our would-be assassin," the littlein a terse voice, "I'd like to have all of her clothing brought to ht The woht You'd be surprised at how arments We want to find out as behind this, and that dead woman out there is our only clue I want to find out who she was and where she came fro up the oil"

"Oil?"

"I' to sireat deal of attention to every exquisite detail"