The ruins of the desert town CHAPTER V
Eweyçanòs thanked the King and asked him where he could find the monster’s lair. “I shall send with you a guide who shall lead you before the ruins. Ask me also what you need to accomplish the task, which weapons, how many men and they all shall be yours”. Eweyçanòs replied: “Thanks, my lord, but I need nothing. The guide leading me to the ruins is enough. Thence I shall proceed alone. Only one thing I ask you, my sire: that, in case I fulfill my task and take the princess back to you, you repay me with enough gold to cover the roofs and domes of the temple of Lothriel”.
The King considered the proposal in his mind. Surely he would not have given up such a quantity of gold, had it not been her daughter’s safety which he was concerned with.
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