WASHINGTON - Busy on campus going out of his way to solve every student’s problems, George Washington University Provost Forrest Maltzman on Monday finally provided the answer to the ancient gate troll Blartinosfat’ riddle, immediately disintegrating the mystical creature and allowing innocent students passage through the central plaza.

“Begone, evildoer!” He is said to have declared, pressing his staff to the ground, following his careful deduction of how many beans must fill the shoe to cross the river without being detected.

Eyewitnesses to the fantasy scenario purport that the monster bolted out, “y-y-you can’t have!” before being turned to ash by the sun.

“I really appreciate it,” said Aidan Carpenter, a sophomore Economics student at the University. “I really needed to return this book to Gelman, but the troll had pilfered all my gold with his cunning schemes so I wasn’t able to get across.”

The Provost’s office has declined to comment, but he is expected to next combat the dastardly Goblins terrorizing patrons of University Yard.