Show us the way, and I will go alone." "No, Master," he said, in such wise that it was plain that there was no turning him.

"I am a Christian man, and I will not let old heathen curses hold me back, now that there is good reason why I should stand in that place.

I will not be afraid thereof." "Is the curse so old ?" I asked.
"Old beyond memory," he said.

"As old as what is in that place." "As the menhir, therefore." "I do not know that there is a menhir, Thane.

How know you ?" I reined up, and told him shortly.