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Garion laughed again "Yes, I suppose we did All right, let's drop impossible Would you accept extre that's really hile should be easy, Belgarion If it's easy, we don't value it; but I'm certain we'll be able to find an answer" He said it with such shining confidence in his face that for a ht indeed be feasible

Then he looked out at the ugly coluo back and let the others knohat's happening out there," he said

It was about noon when Beldin returned "There's another detacharath "A dozen or so"

"Are they going toward that battle to the north?"

"No, I'd say this particular group is running away from it They look as if they were fairly well mauled recently''

"Could you tell which side they're on?"

"That doesn't really iances when he deserts"

"Sometimes you're so clever youto cure it?"

"How long has that been going on?" Velvet asked Polgara

"Which was that, dear?"

"That constant wrangling between those two?"

Polgara closed her eyes and sighed "You wouldn't believe it, Liselle So of tihtened They stood their ground, however, with their hands on their weapons Silk made a quick motion to Garion, and the two of theentlereeted the around here?’’

"You e around his head asked

"I haven't found anybody to tell me," Silk replied "What happened to all the people who used to live in this part of Peldane? We haven't seen a soul in the last four days"

"They all fled," the bandaged man told him "The ones ere still alive did, at any rate"

"What were they fleeing from?"