All the time the old sorcerer was thinking to himself.

Those whose self-confidence is justified live to become old sorcerers.

That, despite what had happened to the old sorcerer.

If anything goes wrong at the old sorcerer's place, we want to be sure we've got this one secure.

The old sorcerer put his arm around the boy's shoulders.

It was very much as I should have imagined the den of some old sorcerer to be.

Somehow, all the things he had to throw at the old sorcerer wouldn't come out.

"It's even later than you think," the old sorcerer answered.

The old sorcerer did not speak aloud but rather cast the question at the sky with his mind.

"I've never spent that much time trying to learn about it," the old sorcerer replied.