'
Nevertheless it was nigh an hour before Folk-might came home to the
House. He strode in lightly and gaily, and shaking the crest of his
war-helm as he went. He looked friendly on Face-of-god, and said to
him:
'Thou hast been seeking me, War-leader; but grudge it not that I have
caused thee to tarry. For as things have gone, I am twice the man
for thine helping that I was yester-eve; and thou art so ready and
deft, that all will be done in due time.'
He looked as if he would have had Face-of-god ask of him what made
him so fain, but Face-of-god said only:
'I am glad of thy gladness; but now let us dally no longer, for I
have many folk to see to-day and much to set a-going.'
So therewith they spake together a while, and then went their ways
together toward Carlstead and the Woodlanders.
CHAPTER XXXVI. FOLK-MIGHT SPEAKETH WITH THE BRIDE
It must be told that those footprints which Face-of-god and the Sun-
beam had blessed betwixt jest and earnest had more to do with them
than they wotted of. For Folk-might, who had had many thoughts and
longings since he had seen the Bride again, rose up early about
sunrise, and went out-a-doors, and wandered about the Burg, letting
his eyes stray over the goodly stone houses and their trim gardens,
yet noting them little, since the Bride was not there.
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