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It was there, in that quiet sunlit chaainst Mandorailen that Lelldorin's unthinking partisanship had instilled in his - not pity, for they would not have accepted pity, but co of an understanding of the honor and towering pride which, though utterly selfless, was the foundation of that tragedy which had existed in Arendia for uncounted centuries

For perhaps a half hourhardly at all now, their eyes lost in each other's faces while Garion, near to tears, stood his enforced watch over them And then Durnik ca ready to leave

Part Two - TOLNEDRA

Chapter Twelve

A BRASSY CHORUS OF HORNS saluted them from the battlements of Vo Mimbre as they rode out of the city acco Korodullin hiht he saw the Lady Nerina standing upon the wall above the arched gate, though he could not be sure The lady did not wave, and Mandorallen did not look back Garion, however, very nearly held his breath until Vo MihtIt was midafternoon by the time they reached the ford which crossed the River Arend into Tolnedra, and the bright sun sparkled on the river The sky was very blue overhead, and the colored pennons on the lances of the escorting knights snapped in the breeze Garion felt a desperate urgency, an almost unbearable necessity to cross the river and to leave Arendia and the terrible things that had happened there behind

"Hail and farewell, Holy Belgarath," Korodullin said at the water's edge "I will, as thou hast advised e ress from time to time," Mister Wolf said

"I will also exadom," Korodullin said "If what thou hast told me should prove true, as I doubt not that it shall, then I will expell them from Arendia I will seek them out, one and all, and harry them out of the land I willdiscord and contention arinned at hiant people, and a little affliction now and then teaches the's hand "Good-bye, Korodullin I hope the world's happier next ti said

Then Mister Wolf led the way down into the rippling water of the shallow ford Beyond the river Imperial Tolnedra waited, and froreat fanfare on their horns

As they eed on the far side of the river, Garion looked around, trying to see souish Arendia from Tolnedra, but there seemed to be none The land, indifferent to hued

About a half mile from the river they entered the forest of Vordue, an extensive tract of well-kept woodland which extended from the sea to the foothills of the mountains to the east Once they were under the trees, they stopped and changed back into their traveling clothes

"I think we uise ofwith obvious comfort back into his patched rust-colored tunic and mismatched shoes "It won't fool the Grolims, of course, but it will satisfy the Tolnedrans wethe way We can deal with the Grolins of the Orb about?" Barak rumbled as he stowed his bearskin cloak and hel around "I'd guess that Zedar went through here a feeeks ago"

"We don't see on his leather vest

"We're holding our own at least Shall we go?"