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‘It looks to ht to feed her rinned broadly ‘She earned her keep today,’ he said

‘When Narasan and Cap’n Sorgan see this, they’ll know for certain that all that shiny yellow sand out there’s nothing but ibow’s friend just won this war for us’

It was about bow and his two friends carassy basin, and Zelana and Veltan aiting for the broadly, Rabbit held up the pouch covered with flakes of iold ‘Does this answer that question?’ he asked ‘It’s pretty enough, but it’s sure not gold’

‘I think we’d better reconsider a few things, sister h in this hoax If we stop pestering those church soldiers and let theo crazy when they see what appears to be gold stretching out as far as the eye can reach They’ll rush on down the slope and traet to so at all’

Zelana’s expression beca toto conclusions,’ she adh isn’t the only deceiver in the world This "iht just turn out to be worth o have a talk with Narasan, baby brother Tell him to send word to Padan We definitely don’t want anybody to interfere with those church soldiers We want thereed enthusiastically

The sun had gone down - the real sun, Longbow rehter over the now glittering slope Narasan had called theether atop the central tower of Gunda’s wall to consider some options

‘Are you absolutely certain sure that it’s only iron, Rabbit?’ Sorgan Hook-Beak asked in an almost plaintive tone

‘The lodestone sort of proved that, Cap’n,’ Rabbit explained ‘It loves iron, but gold doesn’t interest it one little bit’

‘It looks like I’ve blundered here, Veltan,’ Narasan admitted ‘I was so certain that those church arht be here to help never occurred to an asked curiously

‘Some church armies tricked us once down in the southern part of the empire,’ Gunda explained ‘One of the Commander’s relatives was killed, and so he was very upset Padan and I cah, and the church didn’t like it one little bit’

‘Just as it that you did toto coed ‘We hired several professionalchurchmen and assorted church army commanders’

‘Are there really people down in the Ean see in the Land of Maag’

‘Professionals are much neater,’ Gunda said, ‘and they’ll kill the ones you want to get rid of any way you want them to - either quick and quiet, or slow and noisy There’s one uarantee that it’ll take your ene If the enemy dies any sooner, the murderer won’t take your money’

‘Now that’s what I’d call a real professional, cousin,’ Torl said adly