She spake after a little and
said:
'Here now hath been a stream of song running betwixt the Mountain and
the Dale even as doth a river; and this is good to come between our
dreams of what hath been and what shall be.' Then she turned to
Gold-mane, and said to him scarce loud enough for all to hear:
'Herewith I bid thee good-night, O Dalesman; and this other word I
have to thee: heed not what befalleth in the night, but sleep thy
best, for nought shall be to thy scathe. And when thou wakest in the
morning, if we are yet here, it is well; but if we are not, then
abide us no long while, but break thy fast on the victual thou wilt
find upon the board, and so depart and go thy ways home. And yet
thou mayst look to it to see us again before thou diest.'
Therewith she held out her hand to him, and he took it and kissed it;
and she went to her chamber-aloft at the lower end of the hall. And
when she was gone, once more he had a deeming of her that she was of
the kindred of the Gods. At her departure him-seemed that the hall
grew dull and small and smoky, and the night seemed long to him and
doubtful the coming of the day.
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