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And all the while the two spies clung to the foot of the statue, muttering: 'O Fear, Fear. But when they could hear the name of Welleran no more they arose and came to the ramparts and climbed over them and came at once upon the figure of Welleran, and they bowed low to the ground, and Seejar said: 'O Welleran, we came to see whether thou didst yet live. And for a long while they waited with their faces to the earth.
Then the purple guard came near, going round the ramparts for the first time in the night, and the old warriors called to them, 'Merimna is in danger! Already her enemies gather in the darkness. But their voices were never heard because they were only wandering ghosts. And the guard went by and passed unheeding away, still singing of Welleran.
Sometimes indeed there arose among the tribes young men who doubted and said: 'How may a man for ever escape death? But graver men answered them: 'Hear us, ye whose wisdom has discerned so much, and discern for us how a man may escape death when two score horsemen assail him with their swords, all of them sworn to kill him, and all of them sworn upon their country's gods; as often Welleran hath.
And Rold knew nothing that he had done in his sleep, and looked in amazement at the sword in his hand and said: 'What art thou, thou beautiful thing? Lights shimmer in thee, thou art restless. It is the sword of Welleran, the curved sword of Welleran! And Rold kissed the hilt of it, and it was salt upon his lips with the battle-sweat of Welleran.
He was five years old, and they stood before the great glass casket wherein lay the sword of Welleran, and his mother said: 'The sword of Welleran. And Rold said: 'What should a man do with the sword of Welleran? And his mother answered: 'Men look at the sword and remember Welleran. And they went on and stood before the great red cloak of Welleran, and the child said: 'Why did Welleran wear this great red cloak? And his mother answered: 'It was the way of Welleran.
Already a great multitude of Merimna's citizens were gathered in the desert before the deep ravine with old swords in their hands, and Rold passed through them as he slept holding the sword of Welleran, and the people cried in amaze to one another as he passed: 'Rold hath the sword of Welleran! And Rold came to the mouth of the ravine, and there the voices of the people woke him.
And all the sentinels were awake holding their spears, for Rollory had put their dreams to flight, Rollory that once could put to flight armies and now was but a dream struggling with other dreams. And now the armies had come very near. Suddenly Rold leaped up, crying: 'Welleran!
But in the desert the purple guard came swinging out of Merimna with their lights to sing of Welleran, and the sentinels lay down to sleep.
Then said Welleran to his comrades: 'Our hands can hold swords no more, our voices cannot be heard, we are stalwart men no longer. We are but dreams, let us go among dreams.
Thou art fallen in a marsh! Thou canst not move. And the dreams of Rold said to him: 'Thy knees are tied, thou art fallen in a marsh, and Rold stood still before the sword. Then the soul of the warrior wailed among Rold's dreams, as Rold stood before the sword. 'Welleran is crying for his sword, his wonderful curved sword.
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