"And what happened there, O Prince of the North?"

Nothing that you do not know yourself, O Prince.

But this morning I found him and, O Prince, you know the rest.

"Why ask, O Prince, seeing that it has befallen otherwise?"

"The gods can change the fashion of their messenger a thousand times in a flash, if so they will, O Prince."

"We know of you, O Prince," said the crippled elf.

"Then ask him, O Prince, where is the key now."

After three more blows the man said, "O Prince, this was no common robbery for gain.

"It bodes no good for us, O Prince," she said.

"Do you say that these sweet-voiced women are the best singers in the world, O Prince?"