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"I want that one," Barak whispered

The o," Barak said

It was a short, ugly fight They sware rush Three were down before the others fully realized as happening One ht and ran back toward the stairs Without thinking, Garion dove in front of the runninghied back down in a limp heap as Silk neatly kicked hiht?" Silk asked

Garion squirmed out from under the unconscious jailer and scraht was nearly over Durnik was pounding a stouthis fist into another's face Mandorallen was strangling a third, and Hettar stalked a fourth, his hands out The wide-eyed man cried out once just as Hettar's hands closed on hihtened, spun about and slammed the rating sound of bones breaking, and thehis knuckles

"Entertaining," Hettar agreed, letting the limp body slide to the floor

"Are you about through?" Silk demanded hoarsely from the door by the stairs

"Almost," Barak said "Need any help, Durnik?"

Durnik lifted the stout man's chin and exaed the jailer's head against the wall once ested

"Might as well," Barak agreed, surveying the littered corridor

"The door's unlocked at the top of the stairs," Silk said as they joined him, "and the hallway's empty beyond it The house seems to be asleep, but let's be quiet"

They followed him silently up the stairs He paused briefly at the door "Wait here aabsolutely no sound After what see time, he returned with the weapons the soldiers had taken froht need these"

Garion felt o," Silk said and led them to the end of the hall and around a corner

"I think I'd like soreen, Y'diss," Count Dravor's voice came from behind a partially open door

"Certainly, reen tastes bad," Count Dravor said drowsily, "but it gives me such lovely dreams The red tastes better, but the dreams aren't so nice"

"Soon you'll be ready for the blue, my Lord," Y'diss pro poured into a glass "Then the yellow, and finally the black The black's best of all"

Silk led them on tiptoe past the half open door The lock on the outside door yielded quickly to his skill, and they all slipped out into the cool, ht The stars twinkled overhead, and the air eet "I'll get the horses," Hettar said

"Go with him, Mandorallen," Wolf said "We'll wait over there" He pointed at the shadowy garden The two men disappeared around the corner, and the rest of thee which surrounded Count Dravor's garden

They waited The night was chilly, and Garion found hi a stone, and Hettar and Mandorallen ca the horses

"We'd better hurry," Wolf said "As soon as Dravor drops off to sleep, Y'diss is going to go down to his dungeon and find out that we've left Lead the horses Let's get away fro any noise"