'
'I may not tell thee hereof as now,' said she.
Said Gold-mane: 'Yet thou mayst belike tell me wherefore was that
thy brother desired to slay me yesterday, if he knew me, who I was.'
'Gold-mane,' she said, 'thou art not slain, so little story need be
made of that: for the rest, belike he knew thee not at that moment.
So it falls with us, that we look to see foes rather than friends in
the wild-woods. Many uncouth things are therein. Moreover, I must
tell thee of my brother that whiles he is as the stalled bull late
let loose, and nothing is good to him save battle and onset; and then
is he blind and knows not friend from foe.' Said Face-of-god: 'Thou
hast asked of me and mine; wilt thou not tell me of thee and thine?'
'Nay,' she said, 'not as now; thou must betake thee to the way.
Whither wert thou wending when thou happenedst upon us?'
He said: 'I know not; I was seeking something, but I knew not what--
meseemeth that now I have found it.'
'Art thou for the great mountains seeking gems?' she said. 'Yet go
not thither to-day: for who knoweth what thou shalt meet there that
shall be thy foe?'
He said: 'Nay, nay; I have nought to do but to abide here as long as
I may, looking upon thee and hearkening to thy voice.
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