"Show him a piece of money; then he will let us pass.

He takes toll of those who come to the wise woman.
Show him the gold, and then place it within that shell.

After that he will let us go in." Cuthbert took a small piece of gold from his purse.

He held it up before the formidable-looking creature, and then let it drop into a shell fixed in the outer wall of the room.

He heard it fall as if through a slot, and fancied that some person within the room had taken it out and examined it.