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. Then he opened
the chest and looked at the mute wooden scroll cases.
Finally he shut his eyes behind the wizard's spectacles and
reached inside for another parchment.
He was more cautious this time. The gnarled fingers
shook as he unfurled an inch or two of the scroll's top edge
and examined its surface carefully with the aid of his
enchanted spectacles. A single line of glyphs began to twist
themselves into a meaningful phrase in his mind.
TISNOLLO'S WONDROUS INCANTATION OF
SUGGESTION read the parchment's title.
Encouraged by the fact that nothing dangerous had
happened, Lodston unrolled another few inches of the scroll
and continued to read.
"To win powerful control over the thoughts and body of
one's subject, the adept must focus his occult energies upon
the . . ."
Aha! Wait until I spring this one on Milo! he thought
gleefully. Lodston's childish excitement stifled his
immediate curiosity. He re-rolled the parchment tightly and
returned it to its case. Then he made a small mark on the
polished wood with a charred stick from the fireplace. He
couldn't write, but he might at least mark the scrolls to
distinguish those which seemed safe from those which were
more dangerous. Then he reached for another of the
powerful parchments
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