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"I' hiht be better just to lock up that library and throay the key"

She looked at hiood, Garion You know that after a day or so you wouldn't be able to stand it, and no door is so stout that you can't break it down"

"Maybe I should just burn all those books and scrolls," he saidelse anyhidden under that blot, but I can't find a single clue anywhere to what it arath will probably turn you into a radish," she warned with a sht be nice to be a radish for a while," he replied

"It's really very si placidity "Since all the copies are blotted, why don't you go look at the original?"

He stared at her

"It has to be somewhere, doesn't it?"

"Well -I suppose so, yes"

"Find out where it is, then, and go look -or send for it"

"I never thought of that"

"Obviously It's much more fun to rant and rave and be unpleasant about it"

"You know, that's really a very good idea, Ce'Nedra"

"Naturally You s soit to me I'll tell you how to solve it"

He let that pass

The first thing the following , Garion went down into the city and called on the Rivan Deacon in the Teentle man Unlike the priests of Belar in the major temples on the continent, ere frequently more involved in politics than in the care of their flocks, the leader of the Rivan Church concerned hi -physical as well as spiritual- of the common people Garion had always rather liked him

"I've never actually seen it myself, your Majesty" the Deacon replied in response to Garion's question, "but I've always been told that it's kept in that shrine on the banks of the Mrin River -between the edge of the fens and Boktor"

"Shrine?"

"The ancient Drasnians erected it on the site where the Mrin Prophet was kept chained," the Deacon explained "After the poorBull-neck directed that a memorial of some sort be put up there They built the shrine directly over his grave The original scroll is kept there in a large crystal case A group of priests is there to protect it Most people wouldn't be allowed to touch it; but considering the fact that you're the Rivan King, I'm sure that they'll make an exception"

"Then it's always been there?"

"Except during the ti the fourthjust before Boktor was burned Torak wanted to get his hands on it, so it was felt wiser to get it out of the country"

"That makes sense," Garion said "Thank you for the information, your Reverence"