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‘Tadia still lives with her mother at Ferry House,’ replies the farmer. ‘Five miles north of here there’s a junction where a track heads east. The signpost there says: “To Topham”. A mile past Topham you come to Ferry House on the banks of the River Phoen. If it’s her counsel you’re after you’d better take plenty o’ gold. She’s wont to charge a high price for her crystal gazin’.’

You thank the farmer for his advice and suggest to Paido that the time has come to continue your journey north. As you are about to leave, the farmer calls out, ‘By the way, you’d best tell her Jako sent you—she don’t take kindly to folks who drop by uninvited.’

Turn to 318.