And, their eating over, the
more part of them sat dull and mopish, and as if all things were
forgotten for the time present.
Albeit presently Dallach bestirred him and said to Face-of-god:
'Lord of the Earl-folk, if I might give thee rede, it were best to
turn your faces to Burgdale without more tarrying. For we are over-
nigh to Rose-dale, being but thus many in company. But when we come
to our next resting-place, then shall bring thee to speech with the
last-comers from Silver-dale; for there they talk with the tongue of
the kindreds; but we of Rose-dale for the more part talk otherwise;
though in my house it came down from father to son.'
'Yea,' said Face-of-god, gazing still on that unhappy folk, as they
sat or lay upon the grass at rest for a little while: but him-seemed
as he gazed that some memories of past time stirred in some of them;
for some, they hung their heads and the tears stole out of their eyes
and rolled down their cheeks. But those older Runaways of Silver-
dale were not crouched down like most of the others, but strode up
and down like beasts in a den; yet were the tears on the face of one
of these.
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