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"Well, then," said Dougan sharply, "why did you try to
stop us back there on the beach? Seems to me you would be
only too glad to rid yourselves of the thing!"
"Lord Gargath ordered us to fight any who tried to take
it," said the chief simply.
Reaching their village - a scattering of thatched huts
that had seen better days - the warriors dispersed, some
taking children to bed, others hurrying to look into
steaming pots, still others heading for a stream with
baskets loaded with clothes.
"Dougan," said Tanin, watching all this in astonishment
almost too great for words, "this doesn't make any sense!
What's going on?"
"The power of the Graygem, lad," said the dwarf
solemnly. "They're deep under its spell and can no longer
see anything rationally. I'll lay ten to one that it's the
Graygem keeping them from attacking Lord Gargath. But
us, now" - the dwarf looked at the brothers cunningly -
"we're not under its spell - "
"Not yet," mentioned Palin.
" - and therefore we stand a chance of defeating him!
After all, how powerful can he be?"
"Oh, he could have an army of a couple thousand men
or so," said Sturm.
"No, no," said Dougan hastily. "If he did, he would have
just sent the army to attack the villages, kill the men, and
carry off the women
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