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"No," Belgarath said darkly "She's going to do so to turn hioes a little further than that, Belgarath," Beldin growled "The Orb rejected Torak--and burned off half his face in the process The Sardion didn't even let Torak know that it was around But the Orb will accept Geran, and so will the Sardion If he gets his hands on both those stones, he'll have absolute power Torak was a baby compared to what he'll be" He looked somberly at Garion "That's why Cyradis told you at Rheon that you ht have to kill your son"

"That's unthinkable!" Garion retorted hotly

"Maybe you'd better start thinking about it Geran won't be your son anytotally evil--and he'll be a God"

Bleakly, Belgarath read on "Here's so," he said " 'And the Child of Dark who shall bear the cha shall be possessed utterly by the Dark Spirit, and her flesh shall be but a husk, and all the starry universe shall be contained therein' "

"What does that arath ades He frowned " 'And it shall coave birth unto the cha, but ye uile her ere she will speak' "

"Ce'Nedra?" Garion asked incredulously

"Zandraarath reain "Why would Torak cut out that passage?" he asked with a baffled look

"Torak wasn't the only one with a sharp knife, Belgarath," Beldin said "That's a fairly crucial bit of information I don't think Zandramas would have wanted to leave it behind, do you?"

"That confuses the issue, doesn't it," Belgarath said sourly "I read a book at Ashaba that had two editors I' left of it at all"

"Read on, olddown"

"Well, finally," Belgarath said after reading for a momentshall be revealed at Kell, for it lies hidden within the pages of the accursed book of the seers' " He thought about it "Nonsense!" he burst out "I've read parts of the Mallorean Gospels myself, and there are dozens of copies scattered all over the world If this is right, anybody could have picked up the location"

"They're not all the saarath exploded

"The copies of the Mallorean Gospels aren't all the sah all these holy books Sos that could prove helpful in athered up a fair library of that sort of thing That's why I stole the book you’ve got in your hands"

"I suppose you've even got a copy of the Mrin Codex," Beldin said