Qundarian Again

"No, we turned back without getting it," Astra answered. "You see, Fred..." She hesitated for a moment, overcome with emotion, then forced herself to go on. "Fred somehow fell into the snakepit and was bitten many times. Shortly afterwards he died from the venom. We didn't have the heart to go on after that, but turned back.."

"I am very sorry to hear that," the old man said. Belinda thought that he gave her a long, hard stare, but she told herself that she was just imagining it. "My charm should have protected him," he went on, sounding puzzled.

"He was holding it as he fell into the pit," Belinda responded, "and I saw him drop it."

"Ah, that was very unlucky," Qundarian said. "In the circumstances, I lift my curse from the three of ye. It seems only right." [15836]

1. "And now I bid ye 'Good day'." With that, he turned and wandered off again.
2. "But there is one here who is faithless. And to her I give a new and stronger curse."

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