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At last Ith said, the day after an eclipse, that the gifts which they brought to Ged were not enough, that some far greater sacrifice was needed, that Ged was very angry even now, and not to be appeased by any ordinary sacrifice. AT LAST IT SAID THE DAY AFTER AN ECLIPSE THAT THE GIFTS WHICH THEY BROUGHT TO DEAD WERE NOT ENOUGH THAT SOME FAR GREATER SACRIFICE WAS NEEDED THAT GED WAS VERY ANGRY EVEN NOW AND NOT TO BE APPEASED BY ANY ORDINARY SACRIFICE
nd took his iron sword and went away to the hill. And he came on Ged in the starlight, sitting still, with his elbows pointing outwards, and his beast's paw, and the mark of the fire on the ground where his food had been cooked. And Lod stood there for a while in great fear, trying to keep to his purpose. Suddenly he stepped up close to Ged and lifted his iron sword, and Ged neither hit nor shrank. Then the thought came into Lod's mind, "Ged does not hit. What will Ged do instead?" And Lod lowered his sword and struck not, and his imagination began to work on that "What will Ged do instead?" And the more Lod thought, the worse was his fear of Ged. And Lod ran away and left him. Lod still ruled the tribe in battle or in the hunt, but the chiefest spoils of battle were given to Ged, and the beasts that they slew were Ged's; and all questions that concerned war or peace, and questions of law and disputes, were always brought to him, and Ith gave the answers after speaking to Ged by night. D QUIETED HIS DOG AND TOOK HIS IRON SWORD AND WENT AWAY TO THE HILL AND HE CAME ON GAD IN THE STARLIGHT SITTING STILL WITH HIS ELBOWS POINTING OUTWARDS AND HIS BEAST'S PAW AND THE MARK OF THE FIRE ON THE GROUND WHERE HIS FOOD HAD BEEN COOKED AND LAUD STOOD THERE FOR A WHILE IN GREAT FEAR TRYING TO KEEP TO HIS PURPOSE SUDDENLY HE STEPPED UP CLOSE TO GED AND LIFTED HIS IRON SWORD AND GED NEITHER HIT NOR SHRANK THEN THE THOUGHT CAME INTO LAUD'S MIND GED DOES NOT HIT WHAT WILL DEAD DO INSTEAD AND LAUD LOWERED HIS SWORD AND STRUCK NOT AND HIS IMAGINATION BEGAN TO WORK ON THAT WHAT WILL DEAD DO INSTEAD AND THE MORE LAUD THOUGHT THE WORSE WAS HIS FEAR OF DEAD AND LAUD RAN AWAY AND LEFT HIM LAUD STILL RULED THE TRIBE IN BATTLE OR IN THE HUNT BUT THE CHIEFEST SPOILS OF BATTLE WERE GIVEN TO DEAD AND THE BEASTS THAT THEY SLEW WERE DEADS AND ALL QUESTIONS THAT CONCERNED WAR OR PEACE AND QUESTIONS OF LAW AND DISPUTES WERE ALWAYS BROUGHT TO HIM AND IT GAVE THE ANSWERS AFTER SPEAKING TO DEAD BY NIGHT
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