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`` Yes ! '' Boyce added . `` And I would like to send to them a token of appreciation after Pomperaque becomes rightfully mine ! It neared noon when Lloyd and Boyce decided to mill around the town and finally go to Halls for a look around the lands-office . Empal left them and returned to his stall where he opened it to public , later than usual . Oddly enough , no one had really noticed his late opening since it was an off-day for market and there were n't as many people buying goods in the towns square . When Boyce decided to go to Halls , he and Lloyd split up .