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giant's grin. Molly laughed outright, but the unicorn shivered, for to her the crooked towers seemed to be groping toward her through the dusk. Beyond the castle, the sea glimmered like iron.
"Haggard's fortress," Schmendrick murmured, shaking his head in wonderment. "Haggard's dire keep. A witch built it for him, they say, but he wouldn't pay her for her work, so she put a curse on the castle. She swore that one day it would sink into the sea with Haggard, when his greed caused the sea to overflow. Then she gave a fearful shriek, the way they do, and vanished in a sulphurous puff. Haggard moved in right away. He said no tyrant's castle was complete without a curse."
"I don't blame him for not paying her," Molly Grue said scornfully. "I could jump on" that place myself and scatter it like a pile of leaves. Anyway, I hope the witch has something interesting to do while she waits for that is greater than anyone's greed."
Bony birds struggled across the sky, screeling, "Helpme, helpmz, helpmd" and small black shapes bobbled at the light-less windows of King Haggard's castle. A wet, slow smell found the unicorn. "Where is the Bull?" she asked. "Where does Haggard keep the Bull?"
"No one keeps the Red Bull," the magician replied quietly. "I have heard that
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