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Atesca's face grew tight, then he bowed stiffly, turned, and went out without another word
"Garion!" Ce'Nedra gasped, "We're at Zakath'sdeliberately rude"
"He hasn't been overly polite toback to Mal Zeth, and he ignored et his attention"
Polgara was looking narrowly at Garion Then she turned to Belgarath "What are you two up to, father?" she asked
He winked at her, but did not reply
It took Kal Zakath approximately two minutes to arrive He burst into the tent with his eyes wild and his face beet-red "What do you mean?" he almost screaave you an imperial command!"
"So? I'm not one of your subjects"
"This is intolerable!"
"You'll get used to it You should know by now that I always do what I set out to do I thought I'd oing to Ashaba, and that's exactly e did"
With soot hi to protect you and your friends, you idiot," he said froha's path"
"We didn't have any particular probleha"
"Atesca told h" Zakath seeree
"Actually, I'ravine Liselle killed him"
Zakath looked with one raised eyebrow at the dienerous," she murmured with a little curtsy "I had soha was very surprised"
"Will someone please tell me what happened without all this clever repartee?"
"It was really fairly si a little disagreement with the Chandiha was shouting orders to his men, and Liselle pulled Zith out of her bodice and threw the little green darling right into his face Zith nipped him a few times, he stiffened up like a plank, and he was dead before he hit the floor"
"You don't actually carry that snake down the front of your dress, do you?" Zakath asked Velvet incredulously "How can you?"
"It took a bit of getting used to," she ad one modest hand on her bodice
"It didn't really happen that way, did it?"
"Prince Kheldar's description of what took place was fairly accurate, your Imperial Majesty," Sadi assured him "Zith was very put out I think she was asleep when the Margravine threw her at Mengha, and being awakened suddenly always arath said, "Mengha was really one of the Chandi"
"Yes, so Atesca toldon in Karanda, doesn't it?"