"Can men see a spirit ?" "_You_ look as though you might, and had, not so long ago," replied Leo, fixing his gaze on the old man's waxen face and uneasy eyes.

For now their horny calm was gone from the eyes of Simbri, which seemed as though they had beheld some sight that haunted him.
"You do me too much honour, lord," he replied; "my skill and vision do not reach so far.

But see, here is the landing-stage, where boats await us, for the rest of our journey is by water." These boats proved to be roomy and comfortable, having flat bows and sterns, since, although sometimes a sail was hoisted, they were designed for towing, not to be rowed with oars.

Leo and I entered the largest of them, and to our joy were left alone except for the steersman.
Behind us was another boat, in which were attendants and slaves, and some men who looked like soldiers, for they carried bows and swords.

Now the ponies were taken from the palanquins, that were packed away, and ropes of green hide, fastened to iron rings in the prows of the boats, were fixed to the towing tackle with which the animals had been reharnessed.