And we hold that the ghost of a man hides near his body for many days, and therefore see that at hand is set the food that may be needful if the ghost hungers and will come back for a space to eat.

Else he may wander forth, troll-like and terrible, to seek what he needs.
I think that it is no wonder if I feared, having been taught all this.

But my comrades were Christians, and on them was no fear of the quiet dead; but only an awe, and reverence.

But of that I knew naught.
"Why must we open the house ?" I said.

"It is as if we courted the wrath of the chief.