Nay, do you sleep in peace.

All the night long we watch in turns in the chapel, and will wake you, if by some strange chance there is need." "What do you watch against then, father ?" I asked, somewhat idly.
"Wolves round your folds ?" "Aye," he answered; "the wolf of all wolves." "Ah, the wolf will come from the mainland, betimes, I suppose." "Most of all we fear him thence," Phelim answered, with a quaint smile.

"Nay, my son, it is no earthly wolf we watch against.
Hereafter you may learn, or the prince will tell you even now, if you will.

Rest in peace." He lifted his hand and blessed us, even as he had done when he met us on the shore, and left us.

They had brought fresh heather for our bedding while we ate, and blankets, and though the light still lingered in the west, we did not wait for darkness.