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Updated: May 6, 2025
She wore no ornament of any kind save, on one side of her beautiful head, a small bunch of wild-flowers that had survived the frost. At the time of their entrance, Bladud was stooping to talk with Hafrydda and did not observe them, but when he heard Gadarn's sonorous voice he turned with interest to listen.
"Sorry am I that the good javelin of my grandfather went down in the carcase of the pirate chief," remarked the captain, also rising, "for it seems to me by the way you handled it, Bladud, that you could have killed deer with it as well as men." "I have killed deer with such before now, truly, but the arrow is handier and surer."
Passing it, without landing, they held on their course for a considerable distance, until they came to a place where the stream was not more than ankle-deep. Here Bladud paused a few moments and turned to his companions. "Now, captain," he said, with a smile that may be said to have been almost audible though not visible, "do you understand my proceedings?"
Bladud awoke with the first beams of morning, and discovered his grunting charge still actively wallowing in the oozy bed in which they had taken such unaccountable delight on the preceding day. Bladud, however, who was accustomed to reason and to reflect on everything he saw, had often observed that the natural instinct of animals prompted them to do such things as were most beneficial to them.
Stopping short and listening intently, they heard subdued voices not far from the spot where they stood. "Stay where you are," whispered Bladud. "Don't move. I'll return immediately." He entered the bushes cautiously and disappeared.
"Come here aside with me; I must have a few last words with you alone," said Bladud, taking young Dromas by the arm and leading him aside.
"There are no gods!" growled the captain bitterly, for he saw that he was now a ruined man, even though he should escape with life. "There is one God," said Bladud quietly, "and He does all things well." As he spoke, the captain, whose eyes had not ceased to look searchingly along the coast, observed something like a bay a short way to the left of the place where they lay.
To say that Bladud was thunderstruck is not sufficient to indicate his condition. He stood as if rooted to the spot with his whole being concentrated in his wide-open blue eyes. "Is my presumption too great, Bladud?" asked the girl, hesitatingly. "I did but wish to assure you that I have no other deceptions to practise. That I fear I hope that "
Bladud was running at full speed, not a hundred yards behind him, yet, to the amazement of the spectators, the boy suddenly stopped, turned round, and waved his hand with a shout of defiance. Next moment he was over the ridge and gone.
The Power which you profess to despise has sent it to me. If you so much as touch me, your doom is fixed." He uncovered his shoulder as he spoke and displayed the white spot. Bladud felt quite uncertain how this would be received by the madman, but he was scarcely prepared for what followed.
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