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<BEGIN-SEGMENT LAKE>
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<DEFINE-ROUTINE FSET-SEEN>
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<OBJECT HIGH-PLAIN-LAKE (LOC HIGH-PLAIN) (FLAGS DONT-TAKE) (SDESC "lake") (KBD
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76) (ACTION <ACOND () (<EQUAL? ,ACTION ,EXAMINE-COMMAND> <UPDATE-MOVE> <PRINTI
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"Sunlight danced on the surface of the lake that lay before us. It
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was large, perhaps three miles across, and its waters were a brilliant
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blue. Much of the shoreline was rocky, but below us lay a sandy beach.
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The lake sat in a bowl in the mountains, fed by alpine streams, most
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of which had run dry in the summer's heat. But "> <WPRINTD ,ACTOR> <PRINTI
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" pointed out
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one, directly between ourselves and the lake, that still flowed.">)>)>
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<DEFINE-ROUTINE ANONF-209>
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<ROOM HIGH-PLAIN (GRAPHIC G-HIGH-PLAIN) (TRAVEL-COMMANDS PROCEED-COMMAND
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NUL-COMMAND NUL-COMMAND) (TEMP 0) (ENTER FSET-SEEN) (ACTION <ACOND () (<EQUAL?
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,ACTION ,PROCEED-COMMAND> <PRINTI
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"Descending from the high plain, we headed toward the near shore of
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the lake. Nearing the halfway point, we stopped at a wide stream whose
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waters careened down the slope and into the lake below. The sky
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was dark, and a storm threatened."> <CRLF> <CRLF> <PRINTI
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"\"Look!\" Praxix cried, pointing toward the lowering clouds.
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For a long time we saw nothing, but soon a great, white bird
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emerged from the cloud base and soared overhead in graceful spirals."> <CRLF> <
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CRLF> <PRINTI "\"I have seen nothing like it,\" Bergon said, as the bird disappeared
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into the eastern sky."> <MOVE-TO ,GOLD-STREAM>) (<EQUAL? ,ACTION ,
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FOLLOW-SMOKE-COMMAND> <REMOVE-TRAVEL-COMMAND> <PRINTI "We followed "> <WPRINTD
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#ZLOCAL!-IZILCH STACK> <PRINTI
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" to the crest of the rise, where we could
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see smoke rising from behind a smaller hill that lay in front of us."> <CRLF> <
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CRLF> <PRINTI "It was a short walk to the next hill; before us sat a ramshackle hut,
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its battered door flapping slowly in the breeze. It was hard to
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believe that one could live in such a place, but the column of smoke
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rising from the chimney convinced us otherwise."> <COND (<FSET? ,MINAR ,
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IN-PARTY> <PRINTI
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"\"The hut was not here last year,\" he said, \"I am at a loss to
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understand it.\""> <CRLF> <CRLF>)> <PRINTI
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"\"Most peculiar!\" said Praxix. \"Whom do you suppose would choose to
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live here?\""> <MOVE-TO ,HERMIT-HILL>) (<EQUAL? ,ACTION ,SCOUT-COMMAND> <
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UPDATE-FSET ,HERE ,DONT-SCOUT> <FSET ,HERE ,SCOUTED> <PUTP ,HERE ,P?TEMP ,ACTOR
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> <WPRINTD ,ACTOR> <PRINTI
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" went on ahead, climbing a nearby ridge in hopes of getting a better
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view. "> <COND (<EQUAL? ,ACTOR ,ESHER> <PRINTI
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"He came back slowly; evidently, scouting ahead was not one of Esher's favorite
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assignments. \"There's some forest burning behind the ridge, if any of you find
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that interesting,\" he said. \"Otherwise, there's nothing much there. Let's stop
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wasting time, and head down toward the lake.\"">) (T <PRINTI
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"He returned, bringing strange news. \"There is smoke rising up
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from behind the ridge. I thought perhaps it was a fire, but the plume
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of smoke is small and localized, as if it were coming from a hearth
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or campfire. And that in itself is odd, for nobody lives up here,
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at least not that I have ever come across.\""> <ADD-TRAVEL-COMMAND ,HERE ,
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FOLLOW-SMOKE-COMMAND>)>)>)>
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<DEFINE-ROUTINE ANONF-210>
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<COMMAND (FOLLOW-SMOKE FIND-FIRE)>
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<COMMAND KNOCK>
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<OBJECT HERMIT-HILL-HUT (LOC HERMIT-HILL) (FLAGS DONT-TAKE) (SDESC "hut") (KBD
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72) (ACTION <ACOND () (<EQUAL? ,ACTION ,EXAMINE-COMMAND> <UPDATE-MOVE> <PRINTI
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"The hut was small, made of rough-hewn logs. The thatched roof was so
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haphazardly constructed that it would hardly keep out the wind, no less
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the rain. It was difficult to believe that someone would choose to live
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here, but the evidence clearly pointed in that direction."> <CRLF> <CRLF> <COND
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(<EQUAL? ,ACTOR ,PRAXIX> <PRINTI
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"\"It would take a good deal of magic to fix this place up,\" Praxix said.
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\"Shall we take a closer look?\"">) (<EQUAL? ,ACTOR ,ESHER> <PRINTI
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"Esher was not impressed. \"I don't see how someone living here could
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be of help to anyone,\" he said.">)>)>)>
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<DEFINE-ROUTINE ANONF-211>
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<ROOM HERMIT-HILL (TRAVEL-COMMANDS KNOCK-COMMAND BACK-COMMAND NUL-COMMAND) (
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GRAPHIC G-HERMIT-HILL) (FLAGS DONT-SCOUT) (ACTION <ACOND () (<EQUAL? ,ACTION ,
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KNOCK-COMMAND> <PRINTI
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"With Bergon in the lead, we approached the hut. But even as his raised
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hand came down upon that rickety door, it appeared to open of its own
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volition. We entered slowly; the hut was dark and smelled of incense. In
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the far corner, one eye gone, the other opaque with cataracts, an old
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man stared at us."> <CRLF> <CRLF> <PRINTI
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"I say old, though the many lines on his face were more like the scars
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earned in battle than the wrinkles gathered over the long years.
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We stood motionless, as though afraid to speak or perhaps unsure of what
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to say. The silence was broken as the old man stood, toppling his stool,
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and took a few hobbling steps toward Bergon."> <CRLF> <CRLF> <PRINTI
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"Then, staring straight into Bergon's eyes, he said, \"You come from the
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far plains of Lavos, and you seek a great Wizard.\" Raising a deformed
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finger, he hissed accusingly, \"It is in your eyes!\""> <MOVE-TO ,HERMIT-HUT> <
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OPTION ,BERGON ,TELL-TRUTH-COMMAND ,LIE-COMMAND>) (<EQUAL? ,ACTION ,
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BACK-COMMAND> <MOVE-TO ,HIGH-PLAIN #ZLOCAL!-IZILCH STR?538>)>)>
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<DEFINE-ROUTINE ANONF-212>
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<DEFINE-ROUTINE END-HERMIT-OPTION>
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<OBJECT HERMIT-HUT-HERMIT (LOC HERMIT-HUT) (FLAGS DONT-TAKE) (SDESC "hermit") (
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KBD 72) (ACTION <ACOND () (<EQUAL? ,ACTION ,EXAMINE-COMMAND> <UPDATE-MOVE> <
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PRINTI "Old and stooped, the hermit looked at us through his single weary eye.
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He wore a tattered tunic, whose style was not unlike that used by our people
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in the plains."> <CRLF> <CRLF> <PRINTI "\"Your accent sounds familiar,\" "> <
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WPRINTD ,ACTOR> <PRINTI
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" said. \"Have you travelled in
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our lands?\" The hermit was taken aback by "> <WPRINTD ,ACTOR> <PRINTI
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"'s offhand comment,
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though he did not respond.">)>)>
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<DEFINE-ROUTINE ANONF-213>
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<ROOM HERMIT-HUT (TRAVEL-COMMANDS EXIT-COMMAND NUL-COMMAND NUL-COMMAND) (FLAGS
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DONT-CAST DANGEROUS PROVISIONER DONT-DROP) (GRAPHIC G-HERMIT) (ACTION <ACOND ()
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(<EQUAL? ,ACTION ,EXIT-COMMAND> <COND (<FSET? ,HERE ,SCOUTED> <PRINTI
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"We shuffled out of the hut, and Garlimon hobbled to the door as
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we made our way back to our path. \"Begone!\" he cried"> <COND (<FSET? ,HERE ,
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TRIED> <PRINTI ", and threw
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a small leather bag at our feet. \"Perhaps this will help
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you where you are going!\"">) (T <PRINTI ".">)> <PRINTI
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" He started to cackle madly, and began to
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chant in a sing-song fashion. \"The water that heals, the fire reveals,
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the earth...\" He was babbling incoherently now, and soon slammed the door
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behind us."> <COND (<FSET? ,HERE ,TRIED> <UPDATE-MOVE ,HERMIT-POWDER ,INVENTORY
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> <PRINTI " Curious as to what we had been given,
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I bent down and picked up the bag.">)> <CRLF> <CRLF> <MOVE-TO ,HIGH-PLAIN #
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ZLOCAL!-IZILCH STR?540>) (T <PRINTI
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"We left the hut in silence and returned to the high plain."> <CRLF> <CRLF> <
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MOVE-TO ,HIGH-PLAIN #ZLOCAL!-IZILCH STR?541>)>) (<EQUAL? ,ACTION ,CAST-COMMAND>
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<UNUSE-ESSENCES> <PRINTI
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"Praxix reached toward his cloak, but Bergon stayed his hand. \"Not now!\"
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he said.">) (<EQUAL? ,ACTION ,TELL-TRUTH-COMMAND> <PRINTI
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"\"We have journeyed from Lavos, as you say; we "> <COND (,2ND-PASS <PRINTI
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"have enlisted the aid of the great Wizard Astrix, and our efforts are
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now joined with his own.\""> <CRLF> <CRLF>) (T <PRINTI
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"seek the Wizard Astrix, to seek his aid.\""> <CRLF> <CRLF> <PRINTI "\"">)> <
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FSET ,HERE ,TRIED> <END-HERMIT-OPTION>) (<EQUAL? ,ACTION ,LIE-COMMAND> <PRINTI
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"\"We seek no Wizard; we are...\""> <CRLF> <CRLF> <PRINTI
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"\"You are liars!\" he roared. \"I know who you are; I know what you
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are. "> <END-HERMIT-OPTION>) (<EQUAL? ,ACTION ,LOOK-AROUND-COMMAND> <
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UPDATE-FSET ,HERE ,DONT-SCOUT> <FSET ,HERE ,SCOUTED> <UPDATE-FSET ,
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HERMIT-HUT-HERMIT ,DONT-EXAMINE> <FSET ,HERE ,SCOUTED> <FSET ,HERE ,DONT-SCOUT>
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<WPRINTD ,ACTOR> <PRINTI
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", meanwhile, had been discreetly eyeing the hut when he caught a glimpse
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of a broadsword lying behind the door. He picked it up, and, still unseen,
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showed it to Bergon, who turned his back to examine it."> <CRLF> <CRLF> <PRINTI
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"\"A fine weapon!\" Bergon said, unsheathing the sword and
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holding it out toward the hermit. \"The finest
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of its kind; forged at Hervish, judging by its style, and fashioned by a
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great craftsman.\" We thought it odd for Bergon to be ranting on about this
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undistinguished looking weapon, but we were wholly unprepared for
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what followed."> <CRLF> <CRLF> <PRINTI
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"\"Garlimon,\" Bergon said warmly, and reached out for the hermit."> <CRLF> <
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CRLF> <PRINTI "But the hermit spurned Bergon's hand. \"Yes. Garlimon. What of it?\" he
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scowled, \"You seek Astrix; I sought him also. And I see you've gotten
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further than I - so far!\" He lifted his cane, and waved it at us
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menacingly. \"You are in great danger - all of you! You will die at
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His hand! You will all die!\""> <CRLF> <CRLF> <PRINTI
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"Garlimon was mad! He stumbled backward, clutching a rotting table,
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and stared wildly at us. \"Leave me!\" he demanded. \"Leave this place
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at once!\"">)>)>
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<DEFINE-ROUTINE ANONF-214> |