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Once at Edinburgh College I had read the Latin tale of Apuleius, and the beginning stuck in my memory: "_Thraciam ex negotio petebam_" -- "I was starting off for Thrace on business. " That was my case now. I was about to plunge into a wild world for no more startling causes than that I was a trader who wanted to save my pocket. It is to those who seek only peace and a quiet life that adventures fall; the homely merchant, jogging with his pack train, finds the enchanted forest and the sleeping princess; and Saul, busily searching for his father's asses, stumbles upon a kingdom.
"What seek ye with Ringan? " Mercer asked, when we had sat down inside with locked doors.