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"Between the out," Silk noted clinically

"That's all right," Garion replied "I've got a couple of spares in‘‘Grandfather," he said, "in all the exciteed into the dragon, I heard Zandra with Naradas"

"Oh?"

"He's been in Gandahar and he's taking a regiment of elephant cavalry to the battlefield"

"That won't matter very much to the demons"

"The demons aren't there any more Zandramas raised another Deed to lure Nahaz away froht"

Belgarath scratched at one bearded cheek "Just how is that elephant cavalry out of Gandahar?" he asked

"Pretty close to invincible," Silk replied "They drape the arot a chance''

"There are too runted "Let's get across the Magan and leave all these armies to their own devices"

They ate breakfast and rode out froan to creep slowly up out of the eastern horizon Oddly, Garion felt no particular weariness despite a night significantly short on sleep A great deal had happened since the sun had gone down, and he had reat River Magan Then, following Toth's gestured directions, they rode slowly southward, looking for a village where they h to carry therass and trees had all been washed clean by the previous night's storm

They ca on stilts, with rickety docks thrusting out into the river A lone fisher a long cane pole

"Talk to hiarath said "See if he knohere we can hire a boat"

The smith nodded and reined his horse around On an impulse, Garion followed him They dismounted at the landward end of the dock and walked out toward the fisher little fellow, dressed in a holike shoes on his feet His bare legs were laced with knotty, purple veins, and they were not very clean His face was tanned, and he was not so much bearded as unshaven

"Any luck?" Durnik asked hi at the wooden tub at his side He did not turn, but rather kept his eyes intently on the floating red stick to which his line was attached and which dangled his baited hook down into the murky water of the river The tub was half-full of water, and several foot-long trout swa eyes and jutting lower jaws

Durnik squatted down beside the fisher fish," he observed

"A fish is a fish" The stued "They look better on the plate than they do in the tub"