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"You!" exclaimed Petrit the shopkeeper when he caught sight of Wilhelm. "I did not expect to see you again so soon."
"I have reason to return," said Wilhelm, and drew from his pack the ore of black metal.
The man who had once been a footman of the House of the Falcon recognized it at once. "The black metal!" whispered Petrit.
"I am taking it to an old man in the pathless forest," Wilhelm said to Petrit. "He has promised to aid me in forging this ore into a sword."
"Hide this, quickly!" whispered Petrit. "None must know that you have it!"
"I will need more aid than the old man on my quest," said Wilhelm.