Take me hence, O you most evil man, for of your magic I have had enough, and from this day forth I am haunted!" "Have no fear," answered Hokosa; "you have made the journey whence but few return; and yet, as I promised you, you have returned to wear the greatness you desire and that I sent you forth to win; for henceforth we shall be great.

Look, the dawn is breaking--the dawn of life and the dawn of power--and the mists of death and of disgrace roll back before us.

Now the path is clear, the dead have shown it to me, and of wizardry I shall need no more." "Ay!" answered Noma, "but night follows dawn as the dawn follows night; and through the darkness and the daylight, I tell you, Wizard, henceforth I am haunted! Also, be not so sure, for though I know not what the dead have spoken to you, yet it lingers on my mind that their words have many meanings.

Nay, speak to me no more, but let us fly from this dread home of ghosts, this habitation of the spirit-folk which we have violated." So the wizard and his wife crept from that solemn place, and as they went they saw the dawn-beams lighting upon the white cross that was reared in the Plain of Fire..