"Here must be at least thirty pounds of rice which, alone, would keep two men alive for a month.

As regards the snakes, though I may not kill them, I may eat them when killed; and indeed, there are few things better.
In truth, I should not be sorry to have some of the creatures out of the way; for they swarm round here so thickly that I have to pay great heed, when I walk, lest I step upon them." "Have you been troubled with robbers, of late, father ?" Thekyn asked.
"They trouble me not at all," the priest said.

"Men come, sometimes.

They may be robbers, or they may not.

I ask no questions.