"_Ja!_ I told you the Shining Devil's mistress was all evil.

_Ja!_ Now I begin again that tale I started when he came"-- he glanced toward the preoccupied Rador.

"And tell him not what I say should he ask.

For I trust none here in Trolldom, save the _Jomfrau_--the White Virgin! "After the oldster was _adsprede_"-- Olaf once more used that expressive Norwegian word for the dissolving of Songar--"I knew that it was a time for cunning.

I said to myself, 'If they think I have no ears to hear, they will speak; and it may be I will find a way to save my Helma and Dr.Goodwin's friends, too.' _Ja_, and they did speak.
"The red _Trolde_ asked the Russian how came it he was a worshipper of Thanaroa." I could not resist a swift glance of triumph toward O'Keefe.