What they promise is that they will help.

I do not know--any more than do you, Goodwin!" I looked up at the dome beneath which I knew the dread Trinity stared forth; even down upon us.

And despite the awe, the assurance, I had felt when I stood before them I, too, doubted.
"Well," said Larry, "you and I, uncle," he turned to Rador, "and Olaf here had better decide just what part of the battle we'll lead--" "Lead!" the handmaiden was appalled.

"_You_ lead, Larry?
Why you are to stay with Goodwin and with me--up there, there we can watch." "Heart's beloved," O'Keefe was stern indeed.

"A thousand times I've looked Death straight in the face, peered into his eyes.