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Jere his mother's arm She followed the stare of his round eyes and smiled

'It won't hurt you, darling It's only a monitor'

The lizard slowly ing with the trees

Theyhad had built for Jess Thatched with dry grass, open-sided, it was reached by a rickety series of barass was trodden flat and yellowing

'Doesn't look too safe to me,' Grant Williams observed with a frown

Jess laughed 'It does very well for riht I doubt if it would support the weight of a small army like you Some of you must stay below for a while'

'I'll take Marie off to see the teerly

'I'll stay with you, Mu to her hand

She looked at Rahaib, who inclined his head politely 'If you will pere and see if I can find fresh s'

'That would be nice,' Jess thanked him 'You knohere it is, Rahaib?'

A look of dry amusement crossed his face 'Yes, my lady'

Grant Willia is,' he told Jess

Peter took Marie's hand 'Co here somewhere…'

'No, sir,' Rahaib interrupted 'It is along that path over there…' His brown finger pointed confidently to a very narrow, overgrown path

'Thanks,' said Peter, with a grin He and Marie took the path indicated, finding it heavy going because it was so overgrown Peter slashed at the creepers with a sinister-looking knife he had carried with hiht of therey boulders