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"Sorrel has a specialfrom his cushion "They don’t coet the other two"

"It’s a dangerous

The rest of them looked at him in surprise, and the homunculus hunched down his head between his shoulders, scared

"My dear Twigleg," said the professor, "do you have any inside knowledge of those ravens?"

"No, ould I?" Twigleg made himself as small as possible "No, no! I just think it’s better not to provoke the his throat "Especially ravens with red eyes"

"Yes," the professor nodded "Yes, I’ve heard thatthat they’re spies," he said, leading Ben to the door with him "Nettlebrand knew you had been to see the djinn I had the clear i hi ht be, and then --"

"The ravens?" Ben interrupted, horrified "You think the ravens told hi? But I didn’t see any ravens in the djinn’s ravine"

Twigleg turned first red, and then white as a sheet He began tre?" asked Ben, looking at him in concern

"U hands on his knees, not daring to meet Ben’s eyes "I did see one," he stammered "A s-sp -- a raven, yes Yes, definitely A raven roosting up in the palm trees when the rest of you were asleep I didn’t want to wake you" Thank goodness no one could hear his heart thu

"Well, that’s unfortunate," murmured Barnabas Greenbloo them off, perhaps we needn’t worry too much, even if our friend the homunculus here doesn’t think et along too well, isn’t that right, Twigleg?"

Twigleg ed a feeble seful birds? That Sorrel ht already have thrown one stone too many? That his ed his shoulders and pulled back the door curtain "I’ll go fetch Firedrake," he said "If the ravens are here, they’re going to notice him sometiet the village cats to go up on the rooftops," she said, "and under all the trees Perhaps they’ll keep the ravens away so that they can’t hear e’re discussing"

"Good idea" Ben ain at Guinevere, and hurried off The villagers, still waiting outside the hut, looked at him expectantly

"Tell the "And tell theon with us"

"If you say so," said the manikin, who then translated it into Urdu

A ers drew back, and Ben and Twigleg set off

27 The Dragon

The sky was radiant in the e with Ben and Sorrel, and the sun was not yet too hot for coon, announcing his arrival with excited cries