I promised to wait until the metal had cooled sufficiently, and hot bronze takes no account of ice-parties and sledge races." "So I suppose that you stopped to blow on it, cousin.

Well, the result is that, being quite unescorted, I have been obliged to listen to things which I did not wish to hear." "What do you mean ?" asked Dirk, taking fire at once.
Then she told them something of what the woman who called herself the Mare had said to her, adding, "Doubtless the poor creature is a heretic and deserves all that has happened to her.

But it is dreadfully sad, and I came here to enjoy myself, not to be sad." Between the two young men there passed a glance which was full of meaning.

But it was Dirk who spoke.

The other, more cautious, remained silent.
"Why do you say that, Cousin Lysbeth ?" he asked in a new voice, a voice thick and eager.